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Sit-in participants block the door to Brady's Restaurant

Sit-in participants, singing and waving to the camera, block the door to Brady's Restaurant at the dinner hour.

John Fykes is in the center front, wearing a dark suit and glasses. Clementine Self is sitting in the front row to the right wearing a light colored shirt under a dark jacket, with her raised arm covering her face. Judy Booth Hines is on the far left wearing a dark jacket with her arm raised. Chapel Hill Police Chief William Blake stands at right.

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Sit-in participants block the door to Brady's Restaurant

Photograph by Jim Wallace.

Citation: Jim Wallace, “Sit-in participants block the door to Brady's Restaurant,” From the Rock Wall, accessed November 23, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/images/sit-in-participants-block-the-door-to-bradys-restaurant.

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