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Ghosts of Dallas: H.L. Green Protest, 1960

When this spot was the scene of a fight for integrated lunch counters.
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“Protesters, including Dallas ministers Rev. E.W. Thomas and Rev. H. Rhett James, in front of H.L. Green’s fighting for integrated lunch counters,” October 1960.

 

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Original photo: From the collections of the Texas/Dallas History and Archives Division, Dallas Public Library

Photo: Leah Clausen

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