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 ...

"I'm a history major," said Barnes. "One of the times it really got to me was when I was looking through an old arrest report ...

A historical monument commemorating The Four Holes Freedom School, the last native American school in South Carolina, was unveiled on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 1125 Ridge Road in Ridgeville. The ...

RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (WCIV) — A historical monument commemorating the last school for Native Americans in South Carolina prior to ...

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 ...

GREENWOOD COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina ... civil rights fighters and King sort of becomes the crown jewel of that group,” Chris Thomas, director of the GLEAMNS Benjamin E. Mays Historic Site, said.

Donna Brazile makes sense of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy as President Biden leaves office and President Trump takes ...