On June 23, 1957, Reverend Douglas E. Moore led a group of African American activists in a sit-in at the segregated Royal Ice Cream Parlor in Durham, North Carolina. They sat in the section designated for white patrons and refused to leave when asked, resulting in their arrest for trespassing. This protest was one of the earliest sit-ins of the civil rights movement, predating the more widely known Greensboro sit-ins by nearly three years. Although it did not receive national attention at the time, the Royal Ice Cream sit-in was a pivotal moment in the fight against segregation and helped lay the groundwork for future civil rights actions. Wikipedia
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