Woolworth's Sit-in

Philander Smith College students participating in a sit-in at the Little Rock (Pulaski County) Woolworth’s store lunch counter; 1962.

Black students sitting at lunch counter with white policeman walking by them

Courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

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Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

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Event

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