The Spokesman-Review17d
The Lunch Counter Protests: How four college students started a nationwide movement
Here’s where notable sit-ins began in the South over the first few months of 1960: The old Greensboro Woolworth’s lunch counter has been preserved at the International Civil Rights Center and ...
Smithsonian Magazine9d
Discover How Four Black College Students Sparked a Nationwide Civil Rights Movement, on This Date in 1960
A statue of the four freshmen who led the sit-in at the lunch counter of a Woolworth ... resistance and marked an early success for the civil rights movement. But it would take until 1964 ...
WSLS 107d
65th anniversary of Greensboro sit-ins
Greensboro, North Carolina marked the 65th anniversary of the sit-ins at a Woolworth lunch counter that sparked a national ...
Events recognize local historic sit-in
Two events on Tuesday will honor local high school students who organized a sit-in 65 years ago during the Civil Rights Movement to end legalized segregation in public accommodations. The 26 students, ...
International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro preserves history of Greensboro Four 65 years later
Remembrances are happening January 31 and February 1, marking the 65th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. The building ...
Flagpole Magazine5d
February Is a Month That’s Rich in Black History
February is Black History Month, an appropriate time for celebrating the struggles, triumphs and contributions of this nation’s African American citizens. Born in February were President Abraham ...