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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...
Classic Five-and-Dime Stores From Yesterday and Today
Cheapism via AOL· 1 year agoEverything You Need, Everything You Remember When Woolworth's declared bankruptcy back in 1997, it...
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...
Remember when Woolworth's sold burgers and shakes? Fond du Lac saw the rise and fall of dime stores
FDL Reporter | The Reporter via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFOND DU LAC — Throughout the first half of the 20th century, dime stores reigned supreme, and Fond...
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...
Opinion: Four young men in Greensboro started the sit-in movement
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt was to be an early day, so I stopped by the local Dunkin Donuts to get some hot chocolate. The...
This new play details historic Tampa lunch counter sit-ins
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA chapter of Tampa’s history involving the struggle for civil rights is the subject of a new original play at Stageworks Theatre. “When the Righteous Triumph” details the sit-in protests at ...
Why a Fayetteville State University student wants an advocacy curriculum at HBCUs
The Fayetteville Observer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt’s been more than 60 years since four Black NCA&T college students in Greensboro organized a...