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Published: August 19, 2008
50 years ago, children helped change nation when they sat down Children ‘were too young to be afraid'
City protest was sparked by the simplest of questionsOn Aug. 19, 1958, Clara Luper led 13 children into Katz Drug Store. Th
City protest was sparked by the simplest of questionsOn Aug. 19, 1958, Clara Luper led 13 children into Katz Drug Store. Th
In their childhood, their world was divided. Separate but equal was custom or law at schools, parks, rest rooms, water fountains and restaurants. As children, they changed those customs. As children, they helped change America .
Fifty years ago today, the Katz Drug Store sit-in was one of the first civil rights protests in the nation. Executed by children — the youngest 6 and the oldest 17 — it was arguably the b...
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