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The first local '''Walgreen Drug Store''' was located on Main Street in downtown Little Rock, next door to [[Moses Melody Shop]]. During the 1960s Civil Rights struggle the store experienced sit-ins by African Americans protesting the store's segregated lunch counters.
  
 
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*"Downtown Store of Walgreen's is Up for Sale," ''Arkansas Gazette,'' June 8, 1976.
  
 
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[[Category:Civil Rights]]

Revision as of 06:41, 27 August 2008

The first local Walgreen Drug Store was located on Main Street in downtown Little Rock, next door to Moses Melody Shop. During the 1960s Civil Rights struggle the store experienced sit-ins by African Americans protesting the store's segregated lunch counters.

References

  • "Downtown Store of Walgreen's is Up for Sale," Arkansas Gazette, June 8, 1976.

External links