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President Donald Trump will head to Texas for a firsthand look at the devastation caused by catastrophic flooding that has ...
The highlight of the plaza will be a $3.6 million bronze monument commemorating the Aug. 19, 1958, sit-in at the Katz lunch ...
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Remembering Pettis Norman, a Dallas Cowboys legend who impacted football and civil rights with his leadership and HBCU legacy ...
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Here’s how to plan a trip to Greensboro, one of North Carolina’s most vibrant cities. To those outside the Carolinas, the city of Greensboro is almost under the radar. It’s not part of the Research ...
The International Civil Rights Center in Museum in Greensboro donated portions of the lunch counter to two Smithsonian museums.
Claims about the iconic Greensboro lunch counter being removed sparked outrage, revealing deep anxieties about preserving Black history — especially amid recent efforts to diminish it.
Despite controversy, the Woolworth’s lunch counter exhibit at NMAAHC remains on display, securing a key piece of Civil Rights history.
We fact-check a report that the Trump administration ordered pieces of the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter from Greensboro to be removed from the Smithsonian Institution.