Desegregating Read's Drug Store in Havre de Grace

ID: 188 ~ Source: Havre de Grace Colored School Museum and Cultural Center ~ Creator: Harford Civil Rights Project ~ Date: October 19, 2019
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In this oral history clip, Lenora Robinson recalls the civil disobedience of a a local resident (Sarah Davis) in desegregating Read's Drug Store in Havre de Grace: a local pre-cursor to the 1961 Freedom Ride on Route 40. [Interviewer Mike Dixon, Harford Community College]

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…