Target Annapolis for civil rights: 1960
Civil rights demonstrators picket the Carry Out shop owned by Mike Kokinos November 28, 1960. Kokinos refused service to African Americans in the Colonial Restaurant across the street in Annapolis, Maryland.
Kokinos had five African Americans arrested on trespassing charges November 25th during a sit-in demonstration at the Colonial located inside the bus station.
The Carry Out shop offered service to African Americans but they were denied at the Colonial sit-down restaurant.
Kokinos was quoted in the Washington Post saying during the picket of the Carry Out shop, “The only thing I’m interested in is my business. I’ve talked to 100 people in two days and only two say they would come if I served Negroes.”
“If they beat the law, everyone will serve them. But if they are found guilty I probably will serve them anyway. I know I’ll suffer I’m going to take the chance.”
On December 1st, Kokinos entered an agreement with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to begin service to African Americans, resulting in victory for what was the first desegregation sit-in in Annapolis.
The five arrested Annapolis residents were businessmen William H Johnson and Lacey McKinney, school teachers Ethel Mae Thompson and Mary M. Carroll and dentist Dr. S. P Callahan.
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The photographer is unknown. The image is an auction find.
Target Annapolis for civil rights: 1960
Civil rights demonstrators picket the Carry Out shop owned by Mike Kokinos November 28, 1960. Kokinos refused service to African Americans in the Colonial Restaurant across the street in Annapolis, Maryland.
Kokinos had five African Americans arrested on trespassing charges November 25th during a sit-in demonstration at the Colonial located inside the bus station.
The Carry Out shop offered service to African Americans but they were denied at the Colonial sit-down restaurant.
Kokinos was quoted in the Washington Post saying during the picket of the Carry Out shop, “The only thing I’m interested in is my business. I’ve talked to 100 people in two days and only two say they would come if I served Negroes.”
“If they beat the law, everyone will serve them. But if they are found guilty I probably will serve them anyway. I know I’ll suffer I’m going to take the chance.”
On December 1st, Kokinos entered an agreement with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to begin service to African Americans, resulting in victory for what was the first desegregation sit-in in Annapolis.
The five arrested Annapolis residents were businessmen William H Johnson and Lacey McKinney, school teachers Ethel Mae Thompson and Mary M. Carroll and dentist Dr. S. P Callahan.
For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHsk4UiXYi
The photographer is unknown. The image is an auction find.