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Hidden from history: Bennett College women and the Greensboro sit-ins - Freedom Socialist Party

The piece below, which the author calls "necessary reminiscences," concerns an event that is often credited with launching the civil rights movement ofhe 1960s: a sit-in campaign by African American college students to integrate the whites-only lunch counter at a Woolworth’s store in Greensboro, North Carolina. When the young people were denied service on the first day of the sit-in, February 1, 1960, they refused to leave, and the lunch counter...

Keywords:: HBCU History, Bennett College, Bennett College History, HBCU

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Humanities / Africana or African American or Black Studies / HBCU Histories

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Material Type:: Reference Material
Date Added to MERLOT:: June 1, 2021
Date Modified in MERLOT:: December 15, 2022
Author:: John Hatchett, Freedom Socialist Party
Submitter:: Mikaela Wiley

Primary Audience:: Grade School, Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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