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Discover How Four Black College Students Sparked a Nationwide Civil Rights Movement, on This Date in 1960
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. Joseph ...
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65th anniversary of Greensboro sit-ins
Greensboro, North Carolina marked the 65th anniversary of the sit-ins at a Woolworth lunch counter that sparked a national ...
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65 years ago, four Black students sat at 'all-white' Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Feb. 1, 2025, marked 65 years since four Black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro. Their protest for civil and human rights ...
International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro preserves history of Greensboro Four 65 years later
Remembrances are happening January 31 and February 1, marking the 65th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. The building ...
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Thomas Gaither, Who Chose Jail After Civil Rights Sit-ins, Dies at 86
When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961 ... commitment and changed the direction of the civil rights movement. Within days, protesters in other ...
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This day in history
On Feb. 1, 1960, in Greensboro, North Carolina, four Black college students spark a nationwide civil rights movement by ...
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National Center for Civil and Human Rights
Many were especially impressed with the lunch counter experience at the attraction's "Rolls Down Like Water" exhibit. The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is in Atlanta's downtown area.