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Looking back at the history-making Greensboro Woolworth sit-in
Newsy via AOL· 3 months ago"February One" sculpture, by James Barnhill, is a monument dedicated to the Greensboro Four from the...
Flashback: 250 saleswomen barricaded doors of Detroit retail store in 1937 sit-down strike
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDetroit’s unions took a militant turn this year, with striking workers from multiple industries...
'I was considered less than' Black 81-year-old remembers 1960 DeLand lunch counter sit-in
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoDELAND — When Joyce Cusack was growing up in west Volusia County, Black and white babies were born...
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...
Remodeled downtown park to tell the story of Wichita sit-in, which sparked a movement
Wichita Eagle via AOL· 1 year agoThe city has committed $1 million and plans to work with the NAACP to tell the story of the first...
Prayer vigil honors 1960 Woolworth sit-in
The High Point Enterprise, N.C. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 9—HIGH POINT — A prayer vigil commemorating one of High Point's most significant contributions to the civil rights movement will be held Saturday afternoon in downtown High Point. The February ...
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...
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland recalls 1963 sit-in protest
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDespite the hardships she faced stemming from her commitment to social justice work throughout 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· 3 months agoNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — From sit-ins at Nashville’s lunch counters to world-renowned musical...
