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Representative Crokin recounts Davenport couple's 1945 stand against segregation during Black History Month remarks
Summary
On the House floor for Black History Month, Representative Crokin told the story of Davenport residents Charles and Anne Toney, who refused service at a Colonial Fountain ice cream shop in 1945 and filed charges; Crokin cited the Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1884 in recounting the couple's actions.
Representative Crokin, recognized for the Iowa House Black History Month presentation, told the story of Charles and Anne Toney of Davenport and their protest against segregation in the mid-1940s.
"I speak this morning of a story of 2 Davenport residents and their stand against segregation," Crokin said on the House floor. Crokin said Charles Toney moved to Davenport in 1932 to attend Saint Ambrose University, later trained as a welder at John Deere Plow…
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