Did you know Nashville was the first major city to officially desegregate public lunch counters? The 1960 Nashville sit-ins ...
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” Benjamin Franklin American polymath: a writer, ...
Greensboro, North Carolina marked the 65th anniversary of the sit-ins at a Woolworth lunch counter that sparked a national ...
When I read Thomas Gaither’s obituary in the New York Times, “Thomas GaitherKeep Your Head Down, Who Chose Jail After Civil Rights Sit-ins, Dies at 86” (January 24, 2025), I knew exactly ...
This weekend, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will mark the 65 th Anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-Ins./ On February 1 st, 1960, four North Carolina A&T students started a ...
The death of Ruth Ann Butler sent shockwaves through the Upstate as political figures McMaster and White offer condolences to ...
Their protest for civil and human rights eventually prompted ... The actions of the four men also sparked a ripple effect of other sit-ins at restaurants across the South. On Feb. 1, 1960, North ...
From museums to statues and art galleries- encountering Black history in Greensboro is much easier, and much more common, than you may think.