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The situation took off after reports surfaced last week suggesting the Greensboro lunch counter — a major symbol of the 1960 sit-ins — had been removed.
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Melissa Noel, Essence, 28 Apr. 2025
Ultimately, every kind of restaurant — from fine-dining institutions to neighborhood lunch counters — is forced to layoff staff and hope there will be a restaurant to reopen later.
—New York Times, 7 May 2025
When its first lunch counter opened in New Albany, Indiana, around 1923, the F.W. Woolworth Company was already known for innovation.
—Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
How The Controversy Started Last week, a report from Black Press USA suggested that the Greensboro lunch counter display — a centerpiece artifact from the Civil Rights Movement — would be removed from the National Museum of American History.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 28 Apr. 2025
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Melissa Noel, Essence, 28 Apr. 2025
Ultimately, every kind of restaurant — from fine-dining institutions to neighborhood lunch counters — is forced to layoff staff and hope there will be a restaurant to reopen later.
—New York Times, 7 May 2025
When its first lunch counter opened in New Albany, Indiana, around 1923, the F.W. Woolworth Company was already known for innovation.
—Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
How The Controversy Started Last week, a report from Black Press USA suggested that the Greensboro lunch counter display — a centerpiece artifact from the Civil Rights Movement — would be removed from the National Museum of American History.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20counter. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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