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Desegregation Advances Across Several Cities
Merchants lowered racial bars in Baton Rouge and suburbs with advance notice and lunch counters opened to Negro customers. Picketing continued at Baton Rouge's segregated pool as Negro leaders seek federal court action on park and recreation desegregation. In Athens Georgia 138 demonstrators were arrested for parading without parade permits. Sumter Washington 25 Negroes arrested for downtown marching without permits. In New York civil rights protests disrupted a Brooklyn construction site restaurant. Leaders in Washington push for civil rights votes. Chicago shows easing tensions after integration in a South Side neighborhood.
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