Lunch Counters
1865. 1920. 1960. 2020.
June 10, 20201865.
June 19—“Juneteenth,” also called Emancipation Day—commemorates the day in 1865 that the Emancipation Proclamation was read to enslaved African Americans in Texas and is now honored in 47 states.
[Historian Michael Beschloss]
1920.
Postcard depicting the lynching of LIGE DANIELS, Center, Texas. August 3, 1920. The back reads, “This was made in the court yard in Center, Texas. He is a 16 year old Black boy.
1960.
Protester harassed during sit-in at segregated drugstore lunch counter, Arlington, Virginia, 1960.
[Historian Michael Beschloss]
2020.
This still image taken from a May 25, 2020, video courtesy of Darnella Frazier via Facebook, shows a Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer arresting, and suffocating, George Floyd.
[DARNELLA FRAZIER/FACEBOOK/DARNELLA FRAZIER/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES]