Katz Drug Store controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1958
Oklahoma City lunch-counter sit-in
Black schoolchildren and their teacher protested segregation by occupying seats at a Katz lunch counter and refusing to leave without service. The action helped trigger a wider Oklahoma City sit-in movement.
1948
Des Moines lunch-counter discrimination
Edna Griffin and her family were denied service at a Katz Drug Store in Des Moines, Iowa. The incident produced protests and litigation and became an important civil-rights case involving a commercial lunch counter.