Lunch at the Five and Ten: The Greensboro Sit-ins: a Contemporary HistoryA detailed account of the sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, which ignited the civil rights movement in the United States. |
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The Greensboro Sit-ins: a Contemporary History Miles Wolff. dent Warmoth Gibbs as saying , " Another statement will be ... dents to take up the seats at Woolworth's , but he left most of it up to them . He felt , as did many other older ...
The Greensboro Sit-ins: a Contemporary History Miles Wolff. dent Warmoth Gibbs as saying , " Another statement will be ... dents to take up the seats at Woolworth's , but he left most of it up to them . He felt , as did many other older ...
Page 128
... dents were joined by counterpickets , among them the boys who had staged the counter - sit - ins in February . Many of these had police records . The white counterpickets were there every day the Negro pickets were present , and on one ...
... dents were joined by counterpickets , among them the boys who had staged the counter - sit - ins in February . Many of these had police records . The white counterpickets were there every day the Negro pickets were present , and on one ...
Page 141
... dents came to expect complete fairness from the police , and because they knew that they both needed and could get police protection , communications gradually developed . The only instance of bad faith was on the part of the students ...
... dents came to expect complete fairness from the police , and because they knew that they both needed and could get police protection , communications gradually developed . The only instance of bad faith was on the part of the students ...
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