Learn how to stage a sit-in right next to the Greensboro lunch counter, the location of one of the civil rights movement's most famous protests (Video by: Katy June-Friesen). Read more at http ...

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 ...

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 ...

The late Augusta Yvonne Thomas graduated from Central High School in her hometown of Louisville. Growing up, she also lived ...

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 ...