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Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation ‘eat-in’

By Mitch Weiss
Published May 19, 2013 4:00am ET
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Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation ‘eat-in’
In this May 16, 2013, photo, Abdulah Salim, Jr. hold the photograph of his father Dr. Reginald A. Hawkins who was a prominent Charlotte civil rights leader, in Silver Spring, Md. In the spring of 1963, a Hawkins led 65 people on a four-mile march from an African American college to the center of Charlotte's downtown. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) | Jose Luis Magana

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte’s downtown.

Dr. Reginald Hawkins warned city leaders that if something wasn’t done to end segregation, future marches might not be so peaceful

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