Terrell Place Plaque, former Hecht Company Building
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Photograph: on the corner of what is now Terrell Place, a plaque details the Hecht's boycott that took place due to their discriminatory practices toward African Americans.
This file appears in: Finding Style in DC: Navigating DC’s Shopping Scene - Discrimination and Activism: It took decades for racial discrimination to end in DC's retail stores.
Finding Style in DC: Navigating DC’s Shopping Scene - Discrimination and Activism: It took decades for racial discrimination to end in DC's retail stores.
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