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Sit-ins, soldiers, a lost district: Des Moines' remarkable Black history
Edna Griffin led one of the nation's first successful civil rights cases in 1948, challenging segregation at Katz Drug Store ...
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 ...
Tampa’s Path to Equality Part Four: The Sit-ins
FOX 13 Chief Political Investigator Craig Patrick explores the racial power structure that started to shift in January 1955, ...
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Tampa’s Path to Equality Part 4: The Sit-ins
FOX 13 Chief Political Investigator Craig Patrick explores the racial power structure that started to shift in January 1955, ...
Clara Luper resisted Oklahoma City segregation. What change will you make? | Opinion
The story of Clara Luper reminds us that ordinary people can take a stand and fight against injustice. Will you join in ...
The New York Times1 个月
Thomas Gaither, Who Chose Jail After Civil Rights Sit-ins, Dies at 86
In Rock Hill, S.C., local businesses still refused to integrate, despite the sit-ins. The local news no longer covered them. Then, in 1961, a 22-year-old organizer, Thomas Gaither, introduced a ...
Tampa Bay Times2 天
Remembering the Tampa lunch counter sit-ins | Column
Their peaceful sit-ins at the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter not only desegregated many local businesses but also demonstrated the power of interracial cooperation and non-violent protest.
WXII 12 NEWS1 个月
Almost 65 Years Later: Greensboro Sit-In site becomes National Historic Landmark
ERIN. THAT’S RIGHT. JACKIE AND AUDREY THE F.W. WOOLWORTH BUILDING IS WHERE THE GREENSBORO SIT INS HAPPENED IN 1964. MEN HELD A PEACEFUL PROTEST AT THE LUNCH COUNTER, TAKING A STAND BY SITTING DOWN.