BALTIMORE, April 29, 2025—Baltimore National Heritage Area unveiled a commemorative plaque honoring the 1955 Read's Drug Store sit-in, a landmark event in the Civil Rights Movement at 301 W. Lexington Street in Baltimore on April 29, 2025. The celebration formally acknowledged Baltimore as the first city to organize a peaceful, non-violent civil rights sit-in. This […]
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