Photo (2019) of former Sanitary Grocery store at 1936 11th Street NW that was the site of pickets protesting discriminatory hiring practices.
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Sanitary Grocery, "Don't Buy Where You Can't Work"
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Sanitary Grocery, "Don't Buy Where You Can't Work"
Civil Rights Tour: Sanitary Grocery, "Don't Buy Where You Can't Work"
The case, New Negro Alliance v Sanitary Grocery Store, came about in 1936 when the grocery store chain opened a new store at 1936 11th Street NW in the heart of the African American U Street neighborhood, yet refused to hire African Americans to…