This Day in the History of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
January
12,
1964
About 170 people, including many UNC students and faculty members, marched three hours in freezing rain from Durham to Chapel Hill. The “Walk for Freedom” was organized to show support for overturning Chapel Hill’s public accommodations ordinance, which allowed restaurants and businesses in town to discriminate against African American customers.Top |
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