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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...