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A woman wearing a sign protesting segregated facilities outside of Rich's department store in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The sign says "Wear Old Clothes with New Dignity. Don't Buy Here"

Courtesy of Atlanta History Center.

Atlanta Student Sit-in Movement

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