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These 3 Nashville Sit-In Landmarks Are Still Standing!
In honor of Black History Month, we're taking a look at three Nashville landmarks that played a major role in the Civil ...
International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro recognized as historic landmark
Saturday will mark 65 years since four Black college students (David Richmond, Frank Mccain, Ezell Blair Junior, who is now ...
Smithsonian Magazine9d
Discover How Four Black College Students Sparked a Nationwide Civil Rights Movement, on This Date in 1960
The Greensboro sit-in provided a template for nonviolent resistance and marked an early success for the civil rights movement. But it would take until 1964 for the Civil Rights Act to make ...
The New York Times17d
Thomas Gaither, Who Chose Jail After Civil Rights Sit-ins, Dies at 86
By Trip Gabriel The sit-in movement that began at a whites ... their moral commitment and changed the direction of the civil rights movement. Within days, protesters in other cities followed ...
Thomas Gaither, who led ‘jail-no-bail’ civil rights activism, dies at 86
The Friendship Nine changed the civil rights movement in 1961 by choosing prison rather than paying a fine for a sit-in at a ...
'Blessed to be here.' Joseph McNeil, one of the Greensboro Four, returns for anniversary observance
"To be at the age when he did this, I cannot fathom how much he went through and how traumatizing it was," granddaughter ...
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NC A&T Honors A Civil Rights Legacy: Celebrating the 65th Anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-Ins
TODAY, GREENSBORO IS MARKING THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIT INS THAT SPARKED A NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 1964, NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SAT AT THE ...
The Greenville News24d
Ruth Ann Butler, a civil rights leader, Black historian, and Cultural Exchange founder, dies
Greenville-native and civil rights activist, Ruth Ann Butler, died at the age of 81 on January 15, ending a lifetime of work that included non-violent sit-ins, philanthropy and the upkeep of Black ...
Michael Krivich on MSN19h
Protesting Peacefully: Lessons from the Vietnam War and Civil Rights Movements for Today
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” Benjamin Franklin American polymath: a writer, ...
The Florida Times-Union22d
Martin Luther King Jr in Florida: Where civil rights leader stayed, spoke and was shot at
But marches and protests for civil rights and sit-ins at whites-only restaurants ... to Commemorate the Civil Rights Demonstrations. A photo of King’s fingerprints from the St. Johns County ...