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He worked at Woolworth during famous Greensboro sit-in. Meet ‘The Man Behind the Counter’
In the famous photograph, four Black college freshmen occupy the segregated Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, defiant in their sharp attire, staring back at the camera with the ...
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Woolworth Reunion: Former employees reconnect 60 years after historic sit-Ins
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Woolworth Lunch Counter holds an abundance of hallowed history, not just for Greensboro, but for all of Civil Rights. “Working the dish room was tough, it was tough work ...
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Organizer recalls the 64th anniversary of the High Point Woolworth sit-ins
WFMY News 2 spoke one-on-one with an organizer who was only a teenager at the time. Mary Lou Andrews Blakeney started working as a civil rights leader at the age of 15. She helped organize the ...
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He worked at Woolworth during famous Greensboro sit-in. Meet ‘The Man Behind the Counter’
A group of 20 A&T College students occupied lunch counter seats at the downtown F.W. Woolworth Co. store. They are, from left, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Billy Smith and Clarence Henderson.