Recent Examples on the WebHelena Hicks, a civil rights advocate who led a 1950s protest to desegregate the old Read’s drug store lunch counter, died of pneumonia complicated by Lewy body dementia Thursday at the William L. and Victorine Q. Adams Gilchrist Center Baltimore.—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2024 Integrated groups of Black and white student protesters would take over segregated lunch counters, prompting backlash from counterdemonstrators who would harass and assault protesters.—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 6 May 2024 Members of the team would go on to participate in a sit-in at a lunch counter in Nashville to protest segregation policies.—Willie James Inman, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024 He was involved in hundreds of civil rights marches and demonstrations, and was responsible for desegregating numerous bus terminals, lunch counters and housing projects.—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lunch counter
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