From Lunch Counters to Living Wages: The Unfinished Economic Revolution of Civil Rights

The iconic photograph of a well-dressed Black student sitting stoically at a Woolworth’s lunch counter while a mob of white youths pours condiments over his head is seared into the American conscience. This image, and hundreds like it, have come to symbolize the Civil Rights Movement’s fight for human dignity and public accommodation. Yet, to … Continue reading From Lunch Counters to Living Wages: The Unfinished Economic Revolution of Civil Rights