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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...
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...
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...
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...
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· 2 weeks 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...
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 ...
'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...
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...
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...