Round” tells the historic story of the first organized interracial civil rights protest in U.S. history, highlighting the pivotal 1960 Glen Echo ...

The Friendship Nine changed the civil rights movement in 1961 by choosing prison rather than paying a fine for a sit-in at a Whites-only lunch counter.

By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent ...

This weekend, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will mark the 65 th Anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-Ins./ On February 1 st, 1960, four North Carolina A&T students started a ...

Auditions for the 2025 Asheville Community Talent Showcase (A.C.T.S.), a vibrant celebration of the rich talent from ...

"Generations after us will be able to say that's where history was made," said Guilford County Commissioners Chair Melvin ...

When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...

King Day at the Dome started in 2000 as a protest to the Confederate flag flying over the State House dome and inside both ...

The Chicago campaign was partly conceived in South Carolina. His first trip to the state was on Sept. 28, 1959, just four months before the Civil Rights movement would be transformed by sit-ins ...

Joe Biden spent his final full day as president Sunday in South Carolina, urging Americans to “keep the faith in a better day ...

It was a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement leading to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. "We met with leaders who knew Martin Luther King, who walked with Martin Luther King ...