Two men who worked at F.W. Woolworth together during ... Tyson began working at Woolworth during the summer of 1960, a few months after the sit-ins began. Bess was already a busboy when history ...

LeMoyne and Owen Junior College students who participated in sit-ins in the 1960s were recognized ... Finally, here these words of wise men. If this movement be a man, it will fail.

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 ...

The documentary, “The Man Behind the Counter,” dives into an often overlooked aspect of the Greensboro Sit-Ins. The Greensboro Sit-Ins were a series of demonstrations in the 1960s protesting ...

She immediately became active in local workshops on nonviolent protest that led to the lunch counter sit-ins of 1960, which she helped orchestrate. Nash was a founder and a leader in a students ...

Participants of Tampa’s Woolworth sit-ins accepted a proclamation declaring March 1st as “Woolworth City Anniversary Day” outside of the former site of Woolworths. The Woolworth sit-ins began in ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)— The remaining surviving participants of Tampa’s Historic Woolworth sit-ins were honored Thursday ahead of the 65th anniversary of the demonstrations. According to the City ...

Despite this, the sit-ins had a significant impact on civil rights in Oklahoma and led to more businesses, churches, public areas, and schools being desegregated.

Two men who worked at F.W. Woolworth together during ... a few months after the sit-ins began. Bess was already a busboy when history was made that February."We didn't know what was going on ...