The story
Site of New Orleans' first civil rights lunch-counter sit-in, September 9, 1960, by seven CORE members.
Everything that was here
- 1911–1997
F.W. Woolworth's (Sit-In Site)Five-and-Dime
Site of New Orleans' first civil rights lunch-counter sit-in, September 9, 1960, by seven CORE members.
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Nearby history
McCrory's (CORE Four Site)
1005 Canal Street · 43 m away
On September 17, 1960, four students sat in at McCrory's lunch counter on Canal Street and were arrested; their case rea
Southern Railway Terminal
1125 Canal Street · 62 m away
Saenger Theatre
1111 Canal Street · 63 m away
150 ceiling lights arranged as the night sky's constellations.
S.H. Kress
923 Canal Street · 137 m away
The 1913 Canal Street Kress store is now part of the Ritz-Carlton hotel footprint, with its front facade kept and the in
Krauss Department Store
1201 Canal Street · 147 m away
The last department store on Canal Street.
Maison Blanche
901 Canal Street · 172 m away
Home of Mr. Bingle and radio station WSMB.
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