He worked at Woolworth during famous Greensboro sit-in. Meet ‘The Man Behind the Counter’
Then Davis comes to the Greensboro Woolworth’s ... At the time of the sit-ins, he had just been promoted from dishwasher to busboy, and he felt stunned and confused to see four students ...
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Organizer recalls the 64th anniversary of the High Point Woolworth sit-ins
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 ...
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Restaging the Greensboro Counter Sit-in
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 ...
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He worked at Woolworth during famous Greensboro sit-in. Meet ‘The Man Behind the Counter’
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.