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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· 3 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· 3 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...
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...
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...
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· 4 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...
