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We are approaching the 65th anniversary of a historic Civil Rights Movement event here in the Triad, known as the Greensboro Sit-Ins.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Right now, a report is out claiming that a portion of the historic F.W. Woolworth lunch counter from the Greensboro sit-ins would be removed from the Smithsonian's National ...
Similar sit-ins had been organized as early as 1958, but the Greensboro sit-ins drew intense media coverage, serving to propel the civil rights movement onto the national stage.
Greensboro, North Carolina marked the 65th anniversary of the sit-ins at a Woolworth lunch counter that sparked a national civil rights movement.
Jane Monreal shares how a choice made by four college students in 1960 sparked a larger movement in the fight for civil rights.
Those were the words of Clarence Henderson to students at Parkland High School, and it’s a lesson he’s carried with him in the decades since the Greensboro sit-ins and the fight for civil rights.
Bennett College Alum Roslyn Smith-McLean shares how the work of Bennett College students helped to inspire the sit-in movement by the Greensboro Four back in 1960.
International Civil Rights Center & Museum This site celebrates the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins with the vision to memorialize the stand of the Greensboro Four that launched the sit-in movement ...
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 ...
Garrett Davis’ documentary on Greensboro Woolworth 1960 lunch counter sit-in “The Man Behind the Counter” screens in Chapel Hill, NC.