Supporters of Langston University met in early 1978 in Oklahoma City to discuss solutions. Follow-up efforts included ...

“Over a 10- to 15-year period, I would say from sit-ins to Black Power ... “We are working with young people who were engaged after the Trayvon [Martin] murder in 2012,” he said.

Clarence Henderson told Brevard Academy students last week America is “the greatest country in the world,” but “you have to ...

“When the Righteous Triumph” debuted at Stageworks Theatre in 2023. Former U.S. Rep. Jim Davis was in the audience. Davis, ...

The right to be served hasn't always been a right for all Americans. Sixty-four years ago, a teacher and 70 others protested ...

Former Woolworth employees reunite after 60 years, reflecting on friendship, the 1960 sit-ins, and the lunch counter’s ...

The City of Tampa is hosting a ceremony on Thursday honoring the 65th anniversary of the historic Woolworth lunch counter sit-ins that played a major role in the Civil Rights Movement.

Clarence Fort points at himself in a historic photo of the sit-ins. Photo: Kathryn Varn/Axios Flashback: In Jim Crow Tampa, Black patrons could shop at retailers like Woolworth but were barred from ...

Protesters sat at the “whites-only” lunch counters inside stores like Kress, Woolworth’s, and McClellan’s, refusing to leave until they were served. The sit-ins were met with hostility ...

The sit-ins took place in the midst of World War II, a motivating factor in the fight for equality. Caruthers tells our reporter, "...their husbands were fighting for freedom overseas, but they ...

We encourage you to see it. “The student-led sit-ins in Tampa were a testament to the power of peaceful protest and courageous leadership,” Andrew Young, the legendary civil right activist ...

were seen watching the protesters from afar. “Hankaku 9 no Hi Suwarikomi” (Ninth-day sit-ins against nukes), as the action is called, was marking its 499th session on that day. Koichi Kawano ...