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How Mary Church Terrell Beat Jim Crow in D.C. Restaurants
6/19/2023 | 2m 36s
How Mary Church Terrell challenged racial segregation in D.C. restaurants -- and won.
In the 1940s, civil rights activists discovered that the key to ending segregation in D.C.’s restaurants might be hiding in plain sight at the library. Civil Rights researchers discovered two old D.C. laws which made it a crime for restaurants to refuse service based on race. As Jim Crow tightened its grip, the laws had faded from memory but Mary Church Terrell was determined to bring them back.
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Boundary Stones is a local public television program presented by WETA
Boundary Stones
How Mary Church Terrell Beat Jim Crow in D.C. Restaurants
6/19/2023 | 2m 36s
In the 1940s, civil rights activists discovered that the key to ending segregation in D.C.’s restaurants might be hiding in plain sight at the library. Civil Rights researchers discovered two old D.C. laws which made it a crime for restaurants to refuse service based on race. As Jim Crow tightened its grip, the laws had faded from memory but Mary Church Terrell was determined to bring them back.
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