Mary Lillian Andrews Letter

Mary Lillian Andrews, a 17 year old student at Our Lady of the Lake University and president of the San Antonio NAACP Youth Council, was instrumental in the cause. She sent the following letter to the store managers at Woolworth, Kress, and Joske’s urging them to integrate the lunch counters.: "Youth of all races in San Antonio go to school, ride the buses,
enjoy municipal recreational facilities together, but they cannot
eat together in your store. Help the youth of San Antonio realize
that the principles stated in the Holy Bible and the Constitution
of the United States can be a living reality in San Antonio by
abolishing this discriminatory practice in your store. We feel the
citizens of San Antonio are intelligent enough to accept such change.
Please inform us of your decision..." San Antonio Register Friday, March 11, 1960, The Portal to Texas History, UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.