The Easter 1960 shopping boycott that led Dryades Street businesses to hire African-Americans
The Easter 1960 shopping boycott that led Dryades Street businesses to hire African-Americans
- In the spring of 1960, the Consumers' League of Greater New Orleans—an African-American organization fighting racial hiring discrimination—sponsored a boycott of merchants on the Dryades Street corridor that coincided with the Easter shopping rush. At the time, the street was a primary shopping ...
- In the spring of 1960, the Consumers' League of Greater New Orleans—an African-American organization fighting racial hiring discrimination—sponsored a boycott of merchants on the Dryades Street corridor that coincided with the Easter shopping rush. At the time, the street was a primary shopping ...