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GOLFERS PROTEST

Program
NC Civil Rights Trail
Subject
Event
Location
1901 South Main Street, High Point, NC 27260, USA
Lat/Long
35.937681, -79.9947784
Grant Recipient
NC African American Heritage Commission
Historic Marker

GOLFERS PROTEST

Inscription

GOLFERS PROTEST
AFRICAN AMERICAN DOCTORS
PLAYED GOLF IN DEC. 1954 TO
CHALLENGE SEGREGATION AT
CITY'S BLAIR PARK COURSE.
INTEGRATED IN MARCH 1956.
NC AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2022

North Carolina Civil Rights Trail marker. Marker funded by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation.
Photo by Duane and Tracy Marsteller from the Historical Marker Database