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Sit-ins photo

Stageworks Theatre's 鈥淲hen the Righteous Triumph鈥 tells the story of the sit-ins that desegregated Tampa lunch counters. [Photo courtesy of Stageworks Theatre]

USF historians bring Tampa鈥檚 lunch counter sit-ins to the stage

By Paul Guzzo, University Communications and Marketing

In the 1970s, 黑料老司机 history professors agreed they should find additional ways to serve the Tampa Bay community and state of Florida.

鈥淎 group of us decided to be more proactive in preserving history,鈥 said Steven Lawson, who was part of that assembly.

They did so through the still-standing tradition of collecting and preserving original records and recording oral stories related to local and state history.

One of the first narratives those professors preserved was ho