the big picture Sign of the Times
Mary Clyburn Hooks and Virginia Williams – two of eight civil rights activists who entered the Royal Ice Cream Parlor on June 23, 1957, and refused to leave their seats inside the shop, where only white customers were permitted to sit – stand in front of one of the parlor’s original signs during a commemoration ceremony at the Museum of Durham History on the 64th anniversary of the sit-in. The sign was donated to the museum by board member and Durham native Alice Sharpe, and it will remain at MoDH on permanent display to honor a pivotal moment in the city’s civil rights history. – J O H N M I CHAE L SIMP SO N, STA F F P H OTO G RAPH ER
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september 2021