Event: ACTION established Brief Description: The civil rights organization known as ACTION was established by Percy Green, a St. Louis civil rights activist. ACTION protested department stores that did not serve blacks at lunch counters and also protested job discrimination during the construction of the Gateway Arch. Year: 1965 Decade: 1960 - 1969 Beginning Date: 1965 |
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