Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 9—HIGH POINT — A prayer vigil commemorating one of High Point's most significant contributions to the civil rights movement ...

Two men who worked at F.W. Woolworth together during the Civil Rights Movement met again Friday for the first time since the early 1960s. IT WAS A REUNION SIX DECADES IN THE MAKING. TWO MEN WHO WORKED ...

The Greensboro sit-ins were an act of nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., that began Feb. 1, 1960. The protests led the Woolworth chain to end its policy of ...

It is a plus to hear from baby boomers when a story brings back memories from their youthful days. Sometimes these memories are bittersweet. Following my Berkshire Eagle story on Pittsfield’s ...

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, Friday ...

Four young black men -- the Greensboro Four -- held a peaceful sit-in at a Woolworth’s lunch counter, and the world noticed This is part of our series of places where Black History happened In January ...

A black and white image of a shop of Woolworths for values sign outside of a mall - Leila Grossman/Getty Images You know that $1.50 Costco hot dog everyone loves so much? That little morsel of value ...