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KINSTON SIT-INS

Program
NC Civil Rights Trail
Subject
Event
Location
100 North Queen Street, Kinston, NC 28501, USA
Lat/Long
35.260421, -77.5815983
Grant Recipient
NC African American Heritage Commission
Historic Marker

KINSTON SIT-INS

Inscription

KINSTON SIT-INS
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN &
YOUTH LED SIT-INS, BOYCOTTS,
AND PICKETING, 1960-1961.
EFFORT LED TO DESEGREGATION
OF DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES.
NC AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2022