Strength in Numbers / Forcing a Change

Strength in Numbers / Forcing a Change (HM2J8Q)

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N 38° 2.769', W 84° 29.822'

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1961

— Downtown African-American Heritage Trail —

Strength in Numbers


Their Protests Were United

The close association of Lexington's NAACP and CORE chapters strengthened professional leadership for sit-ins and stand-ins. Together they protested segregated restaurants, stores, and movie theaters.

The female leaders of both groups worked closely with city officials and local law enforcement to ensure the protests remained peaceful. Their unified effort made the sit-in successful at the Phoenix Hotel, once located where Phoenix Park is today.

Women found power in working together

Strong black women encouraged groups collaborating together on community activism-which made everyone more effective.

Forcing a Change


Women Led the Fight for Black Freedom

Women tirelessly led the peaceful fight for integration in Lexington, and scored a key victory against discriminatory hotel service and accommodation in the Phoenix Hotel, which stood here where Phoenix Park is now.

Pressure changes policy in Lexington

Despite a lack of news coverage, these black women continued their act of defiance until the Phoenix Hotel quietly changed its policy and eventually served the protesters.

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African Americans protested via marches and sit-ins. In fact, local Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) President Julia Etta Lewis, local NAACP President Audrey Louise Grevious, and others sat day after day in the Phoenix Hotel's restaurant, waiting to be served.
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Year Placed2018
Placed ByTogether Lexington
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Date Added Tuesday, July 30th, 2019 at 5:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 719632 N 4213893
Decimal Degrees38.04615000, -84.49703333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 2.769', W 84° 29.822'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 2' 46.14" N, 84° 29' 49.32" W
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