GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro, North Carolina marked the 65th anniversary of the sit-ins at a Woolworth lunch counter that sparked a national civil rights movement. On February 1, 1960, four North ...
SIGNIFICANCE AROUND THE WORLD AND WINSTON-SALEM SOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAD THE RARE CHANCE TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE WHO TOOK PART IN THE GREENSBORO SIT INS. JOSHUA DAVIS BRINGS US THIS STORY. THOSE WHO ...
Charles Bess wears his white busboy's uniform in the background of the iconic 1960 photo at the Woolworth's in Greensboro. "A ...
5.40. NOW, THE TRIAD IS HOME TO A NEW NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, THE F.W. WOOLWORTH BUILDING IN GREENSBORO GOT THE DESIGNATION FOR ITS CONNECTION TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. OUR ERIN BURNETT JOINS ...
On Friday, the Orange County Department on Aging hosted a documentary screening at the Seymour Center in honor of Black History Month. The documentary, “The Man Behind the Counter,” dives into an ...
Meet the New Jersey woman who was pivotal to North Carolina sit-ins during the Civil Rights Movement
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The sit-ins of the South became a pivotal part of civil rights history, and in 1960, a North Carolina college student from the Philadelphia area took a stand by being one of the ...
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