Record #:

36511

Author(s):

Brown, Millicent Ellison, Dr.

Abstract:

The author talks about the motivations of the four black men who performed the sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, NC and growing non-violent movement for justice and civil rights that came after.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. Vol. 44 Issue No. 1, , p28-30, il

Subject(s):

Greensboro Sit-in 1960

Record #:

36597

Author(s):

McDermott, Nancie

Abstract:

The author talks about the four black men who performed the sit-in at Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, NC, which led to six months of lunch counter protests across the South and the end of racial segregation in restaurants.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. Vol. 46 Issue No. 2, , p34-35, il

Subject(s):

Greensboro Sit-in 1960

Record #:

36618

Author(s):

Brown, Linda Beatrice

Abstract:

The author tells of the Bennett College women who joined in the Woolworth Lunch counter sit-ins and continued to picket and march for equality. Dr. Esther Terry, who had taken part in the movement said “Bennett taught me that a meaningful education came with a responsibility, not only to recognize injustice, but to act against it.’

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. Vol. 53 Issue No. 2, , p4-6, il

Subject(s):

Bennett College (Greensboro); Greensboro Sit-in 1960; North Carolina--Civil Rights Movement

Record #:

36501

Author(s):

Silvers, Seirra

Abstract:

The author wrote a tender essay about a child’s view of being a witness to the Greensboro Sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. Vol. 44 Issue No. 1, , p11-12, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Civil Rights--Greensboro Sit-in; Greensboro Sit-in 1960