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Sit-in at Carlton's Rock Pile

Protesters sit-in Carlton’s Rock Pile, a whites-only convenience store.   At another sit-in there on December 1, 1963, the owner doused a protester with ammonia.

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Sit-in at Carlton's Rock Pile

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Photograph by Jim Wallace.

Citation: Jim Wallace, “Sit-in at Carlton's Rock Pile,” From the Rock Wall, accessed April 20, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/images/sit-in-at-carltons-rock-pile.

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