- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Title:
- Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in
- Creator:
- Tutte, Vic
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.) - Publisher:
- Columbia, S.C. : Richland Library
- Date of Original:
- 1960-03-02
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements
Demonstrations
Restaurants
Segregation
Stores, Retail - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Richland County, 34.0218, -80.90304
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 1448 Main Street - Medium:
- images (object genre)
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Some of a group of around 50 Allen and Benedict students stage a sit-in, referred to as a "sit-down" in The State newspaper, at the lunch counter at Woolworth's on Main Street. The group left after speaking with reporters and being photographed, continuing on to S.H. Kress to stage a second sit-in. As soon as students arrived at Woolworth's, staff placed a "This Section Closed" sign on the lunch counter and ceased service to those sections.
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm16817.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16817coll21/id/12149
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright © The State Media Company. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the Walker Local and Family History Center at Richland Library, Columbia, S.C. 29201.
- Original Collection:
- Box 272, Civil Rights||The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
- Rights:
-
