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Iconic ‘Mr. G’s’ diner must stop using N.J. civil rights leader’s name, lawsuit says
T he family of a civil rights leader who owned the iconic “Mr. G’s” diner in Paterson — until he died three years ago at age 90 — has filed a federal lawsuit against the new owners who ...
Events recognize local historic sit-in
Two events on Tuesday will honor local high school students who organized a sit-in 65 years ago during the Civil Rights Movement to end legalized segregation in public accommodations. The 26 students, ...
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Growing demand for civil rights after 1945
The 1940s was an important decade in the campaign for civil rights. Many of the events ... this tactic when staging their first ‘sit-in’ in a Chicago restaurant. CORE supported a ‘Journey ...
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Thomas Gaither, Who Chose Jail After Civil Rights Sit-ins, Dies at 86
By Trip Gabriel The sit-in movement that began at a whites ... their moral commitment and changed the direction of the civil rights movement. Within days, protesters in other cities followed ...