ABC13 VAULT: Melanie Lawson speaks with 2 students from the Weingarten’s Supermarket sit for 62th anniversary!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – A group of students who attended Texas Southern University did the unimaginable, walking and sitting at an all-white, segregated grocery lunch desk. Now, 62 years later, the two of them sat down with ABC13’s Melanie Lawson to remember the move. Loretta Williams and Dorothea Henry Miller have known each other for most of their lives, but formed a bond during the civil rights movement. See also: ABC13 VAULT: 60 years ago today, students protested to end apartheid Williams, a freshman at TSU at the time, and…

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