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Lunch Counter Protest
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A slightly elevated view of a civil rights sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter. John Salter is seated in the foreground. Sitting next to him is Joan Trumpauer, and Anne Moody is sitting next to her. Tom Beard is seated next to Moody. People have poured ketchup, sugar and various liquids on them. Reverend Ed (Edwin) King is standing with them. He is speaking to Salter and is holding Trumpauer's eyeglasses.
May 28, 1963
Blackwell, Fred (Jackson, Miss.)
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Salter, Trumpauer, and Moody at Lunch Counter Sit-in
May 28, 1963
Three civil rights activists sit at a Woolworth's lunch counter in a non-violent demonstration. From left to right are Professor John Salter, Joan Trumpauer, and Anne Moody. A group of laughing, wh...
Sit-in at Lunch Counter
May 28, 1963
Civil rights sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter. Seated at the counter from left to right are by John Salter, Joan Trumpauer, and Anne Moody. People pour sugar, ketchup and mustard on them in prot...
Teenagers at Lunch Counter Sit-In
May 28, 1963
A group of white teenage boys pour drinks and condiments on African American students sitting at a Woolworth's lunch counter in a non-violent demonstration. Seated demonstrators are, from left to r...
Jackson Woolworth's Lunch Counter Sit-in
May 28, 1963
Civil rights activist Walter Williams lying face down on the floor near the lunch counter at Woolworths, where he was taking part in a sit-in. He had just been struck by a glass object. A crowd of ...
Civil Rights Meeting in Syracuse, New York, 4 August 1964
August 4, 1964
George Wiley introduces two speakers at a public meeting at Grace Episcopal Church in Syracuse, probably a CORE meeting. The first speaker is Gene Young from Jackson, Mississippi, relating his expe...
Shirley Clarke and Mal Waldron
Shirley Clarke standing next to Mal Waldron, who is sitting. There is a television monitor behind them. They are working on the film "The Cool World."
