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lunch counter

noun

as in snack bar

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Recent Examples on the Web The white businessmen of Birmingham did agree to some of King’s demands, including the desegregation of lunch counters. —

Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024 Back in February 1960 in Nashville, a group of mostly Black college students famously took seats at the lunch counter of Woolworth’s five-and-dime downtown to stage a nonviolent protest against segregation. —

Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024 Part of the lunch counter remains on display in one of the Woolworth’s front windows overlooking 5th Avenue North, which in 2021 was renamed John Lewis Way by Nashville’s Metro Council in honor of the late U.S. Congressman. —

Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024 Paschke sat at the packed lunch counter on a recent afternoon, waiting to pay. —

Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lunch counter

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