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Helena Hicks, a civil rights advocate who led a 1950s protest to desegregate the old Read’s drug store lunch counter, died of pneumonia complicated by Lewy body dementia Thursday at the William L. and Victorine Q. Adams Gilchrist Center Baltimore.
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2024
Integrated groups of Black and white student protesters would take over segregated lunch counters, prompting backlash from counterdemonstrators who would harass and assault protesters.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 6 May 2024
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2024
Integrated groups of Black and white student protesters would take over segregated lunch counters, prompting backlash from counterdemonstrators who would harass and assault protesters.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 6 May 2024
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20counter. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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