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Dockum Sit-in of 1958
In the summer of 1958, two dozen students from Wichita staged what would become the first successful student-led lunch counter sit-in of the Civil Rights movement. The Ambassador Hotel Wichita now sits where the historic Dockum Drug Store once was, complete with a speakeasy named Dockum tucked in the basement.
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![Dockum Sit-in lunch counter in bronze](https://assets.simpleviewinc.com/simpleview/image/upload/c_fill,h_260,q_75,w_340/v1/crm/wichita/dockum-sit-in-035082bf5056a36_03508404-5056-a36a-07c93f6adb2f92d3.png)
![Original Dockum Drug store](https://assets.simpleviewinc.com/simpleview/image/upload/c_fill,h_260,q_75,w_340/v1/crm/wichita/Dockum-drug-store-03626d5a5056a36_03626e29-5056-a36a-077e0beee1e306ab.png)
![Dockum Sit-in Bronze Statue](https://assets.simpleviewinc.com/simpleview/image/upload/c_fill,h_260,q_75,w_340/v1/crm/wichita/dockum-sit-in-statue_31ce9f8f-5056-a36a-079edc10854b3ce4.jpg)
![Dockum Sit-in lunch counter in bronze](https://assets.simpleviewinc.com/simpleview/image/upload/c_fill,h_260,q_75,w_340/v1/crm/wichita/dockum-sit-in-035082bf5056a36_03508404-5056-a36a-07c93f6adb2f92d3.png)
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