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Their idea: If a white person of influence took a Black person to a segregated lunch counter, the restaurant would not want to say no to the white person.
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Damenica Ellis
july 25, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2025
As a public institution, the lunch counter, devoid of tricky reservations and élite tables, represents a certain idea of equality.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Lewis participated in the first lunch counter sit-ins in the 1960s, was a Freedom Rider in Montgomery, Alabama, and was a speaker at the March on Washington in 1963.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Lewis became an advocate while in college, organizing lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 16 July 2025
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Damenica Ellis
july 25, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2025
As a public institution, the lunch counter, devoid of tricky reservations and élite tables, represents a certain idea of equality.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Lewis participated in the first lunch counter sit-ins in the 1960s, was a Freedom Rider in Montgomery, Alabama, and was a speaker at the March on Washington in 1963.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Lewis became an advocate while in college, organizing lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 16 July 2025
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20counter. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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