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'I was considered less than' Black 81-year-old remembers 1960 DeLand lunch counter sit-in
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoDELAND — When Joyce Cusack was growing up in west Volusia County, Black and white babies were born...
Looking back at the history-making Greensboro Woolworth sit-in
Newsy via AOL· 4 months ago"February One" sculpture, by James Barnhill, is a monument dedicated to the Greensboro Four from the...
How the Greensboro Four Sat Down and Changed the World
Biography via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 1960, four Black students sat at a “whites only” lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. The...
Black History Month: Lunch Counter Protests
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 1 year agoThroughout Black History Month, we are spotlighting key figures and moments. This photo shows Civil Rights protesters studying at the lunch counter at...
A look inside the Woolworth Theatre
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGood morning, folks. Reporter Rachel Wegner here with your Daily Briefing. The Woolworth Theatre is getting closer to its big debut — and business...
Nostalgic Photos of Old-School Five and Dime Stores
Cheapism via AOL· 1 month agoEverything You Need, Everything You Remember When Woolworth's declared bankruptcy back in 1997, it marked the symbolic end of an era when beloved "five...
New civil rights marker honors 1960 Shaw and St. Augustine’s student protest
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRecognition, Swanola Debnam says, feels good after 63 years. On February 12, 1960, she was one of 41...
People, places in Nashville that were a prominent part of Black history
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — From sit-ins at Nashville’s lunch counters to world-renowned musical...
Protests at U-M, college campuses, aren't supposed to be polite | Opinion
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoOpinion: If you were part of a protest where everyone within range smiled and nodded their heads...
What University Presidents Can Learn From Past Protests
Time via Yahoo News· 6 days agoUniversity of California President Clark Kerr addresses 13,000 persons in the Greek Theater during a...
