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Judy Carrino says...

On 08/10/19
at 08:51 AM

I was born and raised in Charleston and we shopped at The Diamond nearly every weekend. I worked there in 1959-60-61, and was on The College Board in 1960. I was never aware of a boycott of African-Americans at either the snack bar or the cafeteria. It saddens me to read of it.

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