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Woolworth's Lunch Counter
by Kim Sykes
  • May 10, 2026
  • 5 mins story
1. Who inspires you today in social justice and human rights struggles? What are they doing and why?
Kim Sykes' mother, Violet Converse Sykes.
Where Sykes and her family in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the St. Bernard Projects.
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