Royal Ice Cream (Durham, NC) - Revision history

Woozle: /* Overview */ fixed church link

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Overview: fixed church link

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	At some point, Royal Ice Cream closed and the building was taken over by Charles Dunham's Food Service (aka "Charlie Dunham's").		At some point, Royal Ice Cream closed and the building was taken over by Charles Dunham's Food Service (aka "Charlie Dunham's").

	The building was purchased in 2004 and demolished in October 2006 by [[Union Baptist Church]], which plans to build a school on the site.		The building was purchased in 2004 and demolished in October 2006 by [[Union Baptist Church (Durham, NC)\|Union Baptist Church]], which plans to build a school on the site.

	==Links==		==Links==
	===Pictures===		===Pictures===

Woozle: /* News & Blogs */ more links, some reorg

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News & Blogs: more links, some reorg

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	===News & Blogs===		===News & Blogs===
			* '''2007-08-19''' [http://www.bullcityrising.com/2007/08/durhams-royal-i.html Durham's Royal Ice Cream sit-in featured on The Story]: includes link to MP3 of interview with protester Virginia Williams
			* '''2007-06-23'''
	** [http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/614165.html Sit-in made civil rights history] by [[Jim Wise]]: "The incident at a Durham ice cream parlor was one of the South's first but gets scant attention in accounts of the era". Gives many significant details about this particular incident.		** [http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/614165.html Sit-in made civil rights history] by [[Jim Wise]]: "The incident at a Durham ice cream parlor was one of the South's first but gets scant attention in accounts of the era". Gives many significant details about this particular incident.
			*** [http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2007/06/quick-update-maps-and-royal-ice-cream.html Quick Update: Maps and Royal Ice Cream] comments on the N&O story
	** [http://afrigeneas.com/forum-states/index.cgi?noframes;read=3475 Locals say Durham civil rights history overlooked]		** [http://afrigeneas.com/forum-states/index.cgi?noframes;read=3475 Locals say Durham civil rights history overlooked]
	* '''2006-08-09''' [http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2006/08/royal-ice-creamcharlie-dunhams.html Royal Ice Cream / Charlie Dunham's]: refers to the church as "Union Missionary Baptist Church"; this appears to be in error		* '''2006-08-09''' [http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2006/08/royal-ice-creamcharlie-dunhams.html Royal Ice Cream / Charlie Dunham's]: refers to the church as "Union Missionary Baptist Church"; this appears to be in error
			===Other Documents===
			* '''2002-04-06''' [http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/sohp_interviewee/interviewNum_results.html?Interview_Num=C-0300 library catalog entry] for recording of interview with protester Virginia Williams

Woozle: /* Navigation */ Durham NC category

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Navigation: Durham NC category

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	==Navigation==		==Navigation==
	[[Earth]]: [[United States]]: [[North Carolina]]: {{instate\|Durham\|NC}}: [[Royal Ice Cream (Durham, NC)\|Royal Ice Cream]]		[[category:Durham, NC]][[Earth]]: [[United States]]: [[North Carolina]]: {{instate\|Durham\|NC}}: [[Royal Ice Cream (Durham, NC)\|Royal Ice Cream]]

	==Overview==		==Overview==
	The [[Royal Ice Cream (Durham, NC)\|Royal Ice Cream]] store in [[Durham, NC]], often referred to as the "Royal Ice Cream Bar" or "Royal Ice Cream Parlor", was the site of a civil rights protest on June 23, 1957 when six young African-Americans used the "whites only" entrance and sought table service in the "whites only" section", in violation of the segregation laws then in effect. The store was located in an all-black neighborhood at the time of the protest.		The [[Royal Ice Cream (Durham, NC)\|Royal Ice Cream]] store in [[Durham, NC]], often referred to as the "Royal Ice Cream Bar" or "Royal Ice Cream Parlor", was the site of a civil rights protest on June 23, 1957 when six young African-Americans used the "whites only" entrance and sought table service in the "whites only" section", in violation of the segregation laws then in effect. The store was located in an all-black neighborhood at the time of the protest.

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==Overview==
The [[Royal Ice Cream (Durham, NC)|Royal Ice Cream]] store in [[Durham, NC]], often referred to as the "Royal Ice Cream Bar" or "Royal Ice Cream Parlor", was the site of a civil rights protest on June 23, 1957 when six young African-Americans used the "whites only" entrance and sought table service in the "whites only" section", in violation of the segregation laws then in effect. The store was located in an all-black neighborhood at the time of the protest.

At some point, Royal Ice Cream closed and the building was taken over by Charles Dunham's Food Service (aka "Charlie Dunham's").

The building was purchased in 2004 and demolished in October 2006 by [[Union Baptist Church]], which plans to build a school on the site.
==Links==
===Pictures===
* [http://www.durhamcountylibrary.org/dcrhp/misc6.htm The Royal Ice Cream strikers pray before going to court]: photo, with 2003 quote from protester Virginia Williams
** photo also appears in [http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2006/02/heritage.html Durham's Civil Rights Heritage Remembered] - for eventual article on [[Durham, NC civil rights history]]
* '''2007-06-23'''
===News & Blogs===
** [http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/614165.html Sit-in made civil rights history] by [[Jim Wise]]: "The incident at a Durham ice cream parlor was one of the South's first but gets scant attention in accounts of the era". Gives many significant details about this particular incident.
** [http://afrigeneas.com/forum-states/index.cgi?noframes;read=3475 Locals say Durham civil rights history overlooked]
* '''2006-08-09''' [http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/2006/08/royal-ice-creamcharlie-dunhams.html Royal Ice Cream / Charlie Dunham's]: refers to the church as "Union Missionary Baptist Church"; this appears to be in error