Supreme Court Ends D.C. Restaurant Segregation June 8, 1953
The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
Date: June 8, 1953
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