Patterson Drug Store Sit-In (1960)

On December 14, 1960, six college students walked into Patterson Drug Store at 1020 Main Street in Downtown Lynchburg. The Patterson Six came for a cup of coffee at the lunch counter, but they ended up in jail. In this written edition of The Lynchburg Neighborhood, we explore this historic Civil Rights moment, the aftermath, and the way it was covered in the local newspaper.

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