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The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store — now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum — in Greensboro, North Carolina, [1] which led to the F. W. Woolworth Company department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. [2]
Jibreel Khazan (born Ezell Alexander Blair Jr.; October 18, 1941) is a civil rights activist who is best known as a member of the Greensboro Four, a group of African American college students who, on February 1, 1960, sat down at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina challenging the store's policy of denying service to non-white customers.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Leaders with a Greensboro nonprofit that serves the homeless say it needs the community’s help after being hit by a significant financial setback. The Servant Center ...
Greensboro residents twice voted down bond referendums to provide money for the project. In 2013, the city agreed to a $1.5 million loan, with the condition that an amount equal to money raised "outside the normal course of business" by the museum from September 2013 to July 2015 would be forgiven.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Shopping on the Saturday after Thanksgiving means more than just supporting a small business, it means supporting a local community and its neighbors. “Anyone will ...
The Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established in 2004 [1] based on the violent events of November 3, 1979 in Greensboro, North Carolina.On that date, the Communist Workers Party (CWP) led by Nelson Johnson gathered at the Morningside Homes to protest for social and economic justice along with protesting against the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
February One (also referred to as the A&T Four Monument) is the name of the 2002 monument dedicated to Ezell Blair Jr., Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil and David Richmond who were collectively known as the Greensboro Four.