Katz Drug Store sit-in
| Katz Drug Store sit-in | |
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| Part of the Civil Rights Movement | |
The interior of a Katz Drug store | |
| Date | August 19-21, 1958 |
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| Resulted in | Desegregation of Katz Drug Stores Expansion of sit-ins throughout Oklahoma City lunch counters, businesses, and public spaces for next six years |
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The Katz Drug Store sit-in took place between August 19 and August 21, 1958, when a group of Black students and their teacher held a peaceful sit-in at a Katz Drug Store in Oklahoma City to protest segregation. This sit-in came as a result of Oklahoma's existing state constitution and previous sit-ins around the area and country. The Katz Drug Store demonstration sparked major attention and a bigger sit-in movement across both the region and country.