Bravery at Arlington Virginia Lunch Counter

Description:

Non-Violent Action Group (NAG) activist Dion Diamond sits calmly as American Nazi Party Chief George Lincoln Rockwell attacks him with racist remarks. A crowd of white men and boys surrounds the pair.

This scene was a part of a coordinated sit-in movement which occurred across several Arlington lunch counters in June of 1960. Here, Diamond is at the Cherrydale Drug Fair sit-in location.

Collection:

Civil Rights

Date:

June 10, 1960

Creator:

Gus Chinn (photographer)

Source:

Subject

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Identifier

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Contributor

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Rights

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Citation

Gus Chinn (photographer), “Bravery at Arlington Virginia Lunch Counter,” Built By the People Themselves, accessed September 18, 2024, https://lindseybestebreurtje.org/arlingtonhistory/items/show/5.

Geolocation

1960 peoples drug store sit in, AP (3).jpg