 It was one of the hottest days of the summer so far, and Edna ordered an ice cream soda. But the group was refused service since the store was, in the phrasing of the time, not equipped to serve colored people. That did not sit well with Edna Griffin, who organized a boycott, conducted sit-ins, and picketed in front of the drugstore on the southeast corner of 7th and Locust Streets every Saturday for two months.