For much of his life, Charles Bess drew little attention for his role in the Greensboro sit-ins of 1960. He was only 22 then, not much older than the protesters themselves. But as a young Black ...

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 ...

Sit-ins erupted in other North Carolina cities ... “The sit-in at the Greensboro Woolworth’s was one of the early and pivotal events that inaugurated the student-led phase of the civil rights ...

They enthusiastically joined what had become an unstoppable tide. Even as the sit-ins spread across the Southern states Greensboro students upped the ante. They began a total boycott of stores that ...