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Stores to Be Desegregated in Charleston
In Charleston South Carolina 62 merchants joined Mayor Gaillard in pledging desegregation measures including equal employment, improved employee benefits, desegregated fountains and restrooms, and allowing Negroes to try on clothes. Negro leaders vowed intensified demonstrations, demanding full integration and open job opportunities as six weeks of protests continue.
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Charleston
S.D
J. Palmer Gaillard
James Blake
Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Burges
B. J. Glover
Glover