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Read’s Drug Store: A Baltimore Institution and the Site of a Historic Civil Rights Sit-In

Read's on Lexington Street
Read's Drug Store was a Baltimore based chain of drug stores founded in the 1800’s by William Read. It was the site of a historic civil rights sit-in in 1955 and was desegregated two days later.
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Read’s Drug Store was a Baltimore based chain of drug stores founded in the 1800’s by William Read.

Read's on Lexington Street
Read’s on Lexington Street

The downtown store was one of the first stores involved in the country’s very first anti-segregation sit-in during the early stages of the civil rights movement. The sit-in took place on January 20, 1955 and two days later the store was desegregated.

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Source: Kilduffs

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