Get to know Alamo Plaza’s little-known Civil Rights history with, “Remember Black History on Alamo Plaza!,” a DreamWeek 2020 event supporting preservation of the Woolworth Building.

Historian Everett Fly and community activist Nettie Hinton will share highlights from over 150 years of Civil Rights history on Alamo Plaza, including memories of the Woolworth store before peaceful lunch counter integration in 1960.  Join us for free donuts (in honor of Woolworth’s – an endangered Civil Rights site on the World Monuments Watch List) and a plaza walking tour.

We are jointly organizing this event with our Coalition for the Woolworth Building partners.

Save the Woolworth!  Join the Coalition for the Woolworth Building at the MLK March to support preservation of this endangered local Civil Rights landmark, a visible testament to Black history on Alamo Plaza.

March with us or stop by our booth in Pittman-Sullivan Park, where we will have information about our preservation campaign and our listing as a 2020 World Monuments Watch Site.  Interested in marching? RSVP to bstandifird@saconservation.org so we can coordinate with you before the march or join us as we pass by.

Sponsors:

Bexar County Heritage
World Monuments Fund
H-E-B
Conservation Society of San Antonio
San Antonio Public Library

Presenters:

Everett Fly, FASLA, San Antonio
Dr. Tara Dudley, University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Bruce Winders, Bexar County
Todd Moye, University of North Texas
Dr. Kathryn O’Rourke, Trinity University

The presenters will explore the rich civil rights history of Bexar County with a special focus on Alamo Plaza.  The San Antonio Woolworth was the epicenter of the voluntary and peaceful integration of seven downtown lunch counters on March 16, 1960, during the Sit-In movement, an event Jackie Robinson touted as “a story that should be told around the world.”  The recent inclusion of the San Antonio Woolworth on the 2020 World Monuments Watch List underscores the importance of this story.

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