Woolworth Reunion: Former employees reconnect 60 years after historic sit-Ins
Former Woolworth employees reunite after 60 years, reflecting on friendship, the 1960 sit-ins, and the lunch counter’s ...
He worked at Woolworth during famous Greensboro sit-in. Meet ‘The Man Behind the Counter’
Charles Bess was a busboy when four Black college students defied the segregated lunch counter. This documentary shares his ...
65 years later, Greensboro sit-in pioneer Joseph McNeil reflects on historic civil rights protest
Joseph McNeil, one of the Greensboro Four, recalls the momentous sit-in that ignited a nationwide civil rights movement as he ...
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Orange County hosts documentary screening on overlooked figure in Greensboro Sit-Ins
On Friday, the Orange County Depa rtment on Aging hosted a documentary screening at the Seymour Center in honor of Black ...
Men reunite sixty years after working at Woolworth together in the early 1960s
Two men, who worked at F.W. Woolworth together during the Civil Rights Movement, met again Friday-- for the first time since ...
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65 years ago, sit-ins were born. Has their time come again?
This Black History Month, our commentator interviews a civil rights leader about his past with the sit-in movement and what ...
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Reviving Sit-Ins: Past and Future Perspectives
In a poignant statement, members of the SNCC Legacy Project (SLP) expressed alarm at the current state of affairs, noting ...
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65th anniversary of Greensboro sit-ins
N.C. – Greensboro, North Carolina marked the 65th anniversary of the sit-ins at a Woolworth lunch counter that sparked a national civil rights movement. On February 1, 1960, four North Carolina ...
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Students honor civil rights pioneers in sit-in celebration at Penn-Griffin School of Arts
Students at the Penn-Griffin School of Arts paid tribute to the trailblazing students who propelled the civil rights movement forward.
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Governor Josh Stein Visits International Civil Rights Museum
Feb. 26, Greensboro’s International Civil Rights Center and Museum got a very special guest taking a tour of the facility – ...
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He worked at Woolworth during famous Greensboro sit-in. Meet ‘The Man Behind the Counter’
For much of his life, Charles Bess drew little attention for his role in the Greensboro sit-ins of 1960. He was only 22 then, not much older than the protesters themselves. But as a young Black ...