For much of his life, Charles Bess drew little attention for his role in the Greensboro sit-ins of 1960. He was only 22 then, not much older than the protesters themselves. But as a young Black ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Woolworth Lunch Counter ... started working at Woolworth only a few months after the sit-ins started in February. “I was determined I was gonna make it because I wanted ...

WFMY News 2 spoke one-on-one with an organizer who was only a teenager at the time. Mary Lou Andrews Blakeney started working as a civil rights leader at the age of 15. She helped organize the ...

A group of 20 A&T College students occupied lunch counter seats at the downtown F.W. Woolworth Co. store. They are, from left, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Billy Smith and Clarence Henderson ...