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zab

08/01/24 8:11 PM

#487484 RE: newmedman #487483

The last Howard Johnsons was located in Lake George, New York.
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blackhawks

08/01/24 8:40 PM

#487490 RE: newmedman #487483

Woolworth lunch counter

https://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/6-legacy/freedom-struggle-2.html#:~:text=Woolworth%20lunch%20counter,counter%20on%20July%2025%2C%201960.

Sitting for Justice: Woolworth’s Lunch Counter

On February 1, 1960, four African American college students sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, North Carolina, and politely asked for service. Their request was refused. When asked to leave, they remained in their seats. Their passive resistance and peaceful sit-down demand helped ignite a youth-led movement to challenge racial inequality throughout the South.

In Greensboro, hundreds of students, civil rights organizations, churches, and members of the community joined in a six-month-long protest. Their commitment ultimately led to the desegregation of the F. W. Woolworth lunch counter on July 25, 1960.
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fuagf

08/01/24 8:47 PM

#487491 RE: newmedman #487483

LOL - another day, another learned - Woolworths Group (Australia)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the Australian retail holding company. For its Australian supermarket chain,
see Woolworths Supermarkets.
Not to be confused with F. W. Woolworth Company.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Group_(Australia)

Damn a totally different page. Anyway we know now there were two.

I don't know if our outfit ever had such a customer-friendly place as a lunch counter. Yours sounded yummy.

Raisin toast by any chance.