Gimbels Department Store was a part of the Gimbels chain of department stores from 1914 to the late 1980s. In 1935, the store saw protesters picketing the store for not hiring African Americans.

The owners of this once famous amuseument park were taken to court for barring African Americans from using the park's pool and bathhouse.

Following months of protests against segregation in the county's schools, Malcolm X attended a school board meeting in Chester, PA.