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Sit-in at Lunch Counter
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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 protest. Looking on as part of the crowd are Red Hydrick, seen in the upper left wearing a hat and eyeglasses, and teenager D. C. Sullivan, who is in the middle of the crowd smoking a cigarette.
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...
Lunch Counter Protest
May 28, 1963
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 h...
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 ...
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...
John Salter and Ella Josephine Baker
November 1963
John R. Salter, Jr. and Ella Josephine Baker confer at a civil rights speaking trip through the Southwest and Midwest. They're looking at ticker tape.
John Salter
1979
A portrait of John R. Salter, Jr. He is wearing a beaded necklace and a denim jacket.
