This photo is an interior view of the Childs Restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue, c. 1920

ID: 4609 ~ Source: Library of Congress (Prints and Photographs Division)
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Protests - Childs Restaurant Sit-Ins
This photo is an interior view of the Childs Restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue, c. 1920
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Protests - Childs Restaurant Sit-Ins

In February 1949, the Legislative Assembly and Rally to End Segregation and Discrimination was held in Washington, DC, attracting civil rights leaders from around the country. On Saturday afternoon of the conference, a group of participants planned…