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Stroll Bristol’s State Street, divided by the Virginia-Tennessee state line, and explore a vibrant tableau of storefronts, lunch counters, and restaurants.
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Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
For example, activists participating in the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins during the U.S. civil rights movement had prepared themselves to endure any crackdown without retaliating.
—Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2013
Lewis helped organize sit-ins to desegregate the city’s lunch counters in 1960.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
The latter was the site of the 1960 sit-in that led to the desegregation of lunch counters in the South.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
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Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
For example, activists participating in the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins during the U.S. civil rights movement had prepared themselves to endure any crackdown without retaliating.
—Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2013
Lewis helped organize sit-ins to desegregate the city’s lunch counters in 1960.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
The latter was the site of the 1960 sit-in that led to the desegregation of lunch counters in the South.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20counter. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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