Working Class History@workingclasshistory@mastodon.social
#OtD 11 Aug 1958 young African Americans in Wichita, Kansas won a key early sit-in protest against segregated lunch counters at Dockums Drug Store. They confronted bosses, police and racists for 23 days until they won. More info in this short history: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8272/dockum's-drug-store-sit-in-wins