The former Read's Drug Store in Havre de Grace

ID: 187 ~ Creator: Harford Civil Rights Project ~ Date: 2021
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The former Read's Drug Store in Havre de Grace
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This image depicts the building which formerly housed Read's Drug Store in Havre de Grace, Maryland. The Havre de Grace Read's was the site of a sit-in to protest its segregated practices. In 2021, the building housed the Abbey Burger Bistro restaurant.

This file appears in: Read's Drug Store- Havre de Grace, Maryland

By HCRP staff
Read's was a popular chain of drug stores/luncheonettes in the 20th century with approximately 39 outlets around Baltimore, scattered around central Maryland; It was the Walgreens of its day, with lunch spots. Like many establishments of a…