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Civil rights activists remember historic Woolworth’s sit-in

Saturday marks the 59th anniversary of when Tougaloo College students and faculty staged a protest against segregation through a sit-in at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Jackson, Mississippi. Elise Preston spoke to some of those who were there that day.
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