Ordinary people, extraordinary stories; AARP and LCCR building world's largest civil rights archive
Michigan Chronicle, March, 2004
Michigan Chronicle 03-30-2004 "The picket line rules were very simple: no talking, laughing or chewing gum. Walk on the sidewalk in front of the store, never confront anyone who might cross the picket line to enter the store, and never respond to or initiate any verbal or physical abuse...After losing revenue for the three years that we boycotted, the store owners relented and hired Blacks as store clerks and opened their lunch counters to us." - Priscilla Robinson, South Carolina AARP and The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) are unveiling a yearlong, multi-faceted project to build the world's largest archive of first-hand accounts of the civil rights struggle in America, supported by an array of media ventures, exhibits and special events.
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