The story
87-year-old civil rights pioneer Mary Church Terrell led sit-ins here in 1951, three years before Brown v. Board of Education.
Everything that was here
- 1896–2006
Hecht'sDepartment Store
87-year-old civil rights pioneer Mary Church Terrell led sit-ins here in 1951, three years before Brown v. Board of Education.
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