State Historical Society of Iowa

“Since it is my right, I would like to have it: Edna Griffin and the Katz Drug Store Desegregation Movement" Essay from The Annals of Iowa, 2008

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Courtesy of State Historical Society of Iowa, Lawrence, Noah, “Since it is my right, I would like to have it: Edna Griffin and the Katz Drug Store Desegregation Movement," The Annals of Iowa, Vol. 67, No. 4., pp. 298-330, 2008

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This 2008 Annals of Iowa essay written by Noah Lawrence details the effort of Edna Griffin to desegregate Katz Drug Store in Des Moines, Iowa.

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  • In your own words, describe the events that involved Edna Griffin and the Katz Drug Store in Des Moines, Iowa.
  • What techniques and strategies did Griffin use in her civil rights fight? Why were they so effective?
  • How did the efforts of Griffin inspire other efforts in Iowa and across the nation, and spark the National Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s?