This 1958 Sit-In At the Dockum Drug Store in Kansas kicked off the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s
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Galyn Vesey participated in one of the first lunch counter sit-ins in the United States during the Civil Rights movement. He joins Ali Velshi to discuss the significance of the sit-in and how peaceful protests like the sit-in influenced the racial justice movement happening today. He says the activists of today, “have to pick up the baton, continue the struggle for justice and humanity.”Feb. 20, 2021
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