International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro preserves history of Greensboro Four 65 years later
Remembrances are happening January 31 and February 1, marking the 65th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. The building ...
NC A&T Honors A Civil Rights Legacy: Celebrating the 65th Anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-Ins
This weekend, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will mark the 65 th Anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-Ins./ On February 1 st, 1960, four North Carolina A&T students started a ...
Former Woolworth building, site of sit-ins, named National Historic Landmark
"Generations after us will be able to say that's where history was made," said Guilford County Commissioners Chair Melvin ...
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Bookshelf: New book asserts Sherman’s March was a historic but flawed liberation event
Bennett Parten, a Royston native and assistant professor of history at Georgia Southern University, has done the research and concluded that Georgia was the site of the biggest liberation event in ...
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Teen speaks on man who helped track Lincoln's assassin, settled in Rice County
In a historic Northfield cemetery, a large headstone stands tall with the name “Lonkey” and the years 1845-1911. Buried underneath, one of the soldiers who tracked down the first political ...