FLORENCE, S.C. — On March 4, 1960, 48 Wilson High School students were arrested for attempting to picket the segregated S.H. Kress lunch counter.

Allen, 68, was 14 years old during her first protest, and was part of the third group to stage sit-ins in Woolworth's, Newberry's and Kress lunch spots. "We'd go to Woolworth's and they'd shut the ...

Allen, 68, was 14 years old during her first protest, and was part of the third group to stage sit-ins in Woolworth's, Newberry's and Kress lunch spots. "We'd go to Woolworth's and they'd shut the ...

CARBON COUNTY, Pa. — The staff behind the counter at Pizza Como in Lehighton are stretching dough and making pizzas for the lunch crowd. The shop inside the Carbon Plaza Mall has been a staple ...

There was a lunch counter in the basement of the Kress & Co. building at 224 E. Douglas. There was one in the McLellan Stores Co., a five-and-dime at 121 E. Douglas.

There was a lunch counter in the basement of the Kress & Co. building at 224 E. Douglas. There was one in the McLellan Stores Co., a five-and-dime at 121 E. Douglas.

Their peaceful sit-ins at the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter not only desegregated many local businesses but also demonstrated the power of interracial cooperation and non-violent protest.

If it weren’t for the modern vehicles lining the sidewalk, this photo could easily have been taken decades ago! Image: Facebook Supported by activists like Diane Nash, John Lewis, and James Lawson, ...

So, on that day, they protested by peacefully sitting at the lunch counter. Sit-in participant Arthenia Joyner briefly followed the eyes of the bystanders. “They were on us, watching us, waiting to ...

On the afternoon of February 1, 1960, four college freshmen walked up to the lunch counter of a Woolworth’s department store in Greensboro, North Carolina, and changed the course of history.

When the Greensboro Four returned to the lunch counter the next day, they were joined by 20 more students from N.C. A&T, Bennett College, Women’s College — now the University of North Carolina ...

It had its last graduation ceremony in 1965. Group members organized sit-ins at the Kress and Woolworth lunch counters, as well as Fain’s and Newberry’s.