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"...I was 8 years old at that time…and I suggested, made a motion that we would go down to Katz Drugstore and just sit, just sit and sit until they served us.”
-8-year-old Marilyn’s suggestion led to the drugstore desegregating its lunch counter in 1958, followed by several other restaurants in Oklahoma City. Watch her talk about it here.