He worked at Woolworth during famous Greensboro sit-in. Meet ‘The Man Behind the Counter’
Charles Bess was a busboy when four Black college students defied the segregated lunch counter. This documentary shares his ...
65 years later, Greensboro sit-in pioneer Joseph McNeil reflects on historic civil rights protest
Joseph McNeil, one of the Greensboro Four, recalls the momentous sit-in that ignited a nationwide civil rights movement as he ...
WFMY News224d
Remembering the legacy of the Greensboro Four
In 1960, four North Carolina A&T students refused to give up their seats at a lunch counter, sparking a national sit-in movement. The legacy of the Greensboro Four remains strong, continuing to ...
Christian Science Monitor1d
65 years ago, sit-ins were born. Has their time come again?
This Black History Month, our commentator interviews a civil rights leader about his past with the sit-in movement and what ...
dailynewsen.com1d
Reviving Sit-Ins: Past and Future Perspectives
In a poignant statement, members of the SNCC Legacy Project (SLP) expressed alarm at the current state of affairs, noting ...
The Atlantic11y
The Black Students Who Wouldn't Leave the Lunch Counter
Which they did, taking four seats late that day at the whites-only lunch counter of Greensboro's downtown Woolworth's store and touching off what would come to be called the sit-in movement across ...
Smithsonian Magazine24d
Discover How Four Black College Students Sparked a Nationwide Civil Rights Movement, on This Date in 1960
Later dubbed the “Greensboro Four,” McNeil ... The Greensboro sit-in provided a template for nonviolent resistance and marked an early success for the civil rights movement.
The Daily Tar Heel1d
Orange County hosts documentary screening on overlooked figure in Greensboro Sit-Ins
On Friday, the Orange County Depa rtment on Aging hosted a documentary screening at the Seymour Center in honor of Black ...
WXII 12 NEWS1mon
Almost 65 Years Later: Greensboro Sit-In site becomes National Historic Landmark
SO IT’S EXTRA SPECIAL F We are approaching the 65th anniversary of a historic Civil Rights Movement event here in the Triad, known as the Greensboro Sit-Ins.On Feb. 1, 1960, four North Carolina ...
The Business Journals22d
International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro designated historic landmark by National Park Service
Saturday marked 65 years since four Black college students ... at a whites-only lunch counter in downtown Greensboro. That sparked the sit-in movement that helped transform the fight for ...