Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HIGH POINT — Two public events — a prayer vigil and an arts performance — are planned this month to commemorate the anniversary of ...

The lunch counters at Woolworth's department stores hold a significant place in American history. Though they first emerged around 1923 in New Albany, Indiana, Woolworth luncheonettes are perhaps most ...

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 ...

Archived webcast where three members of the Greensboro Four reflect on their experiences as nonviolent protesters during the civil rights movement and answer audience questions. The three surviving ...

The civil rights activist Joseph McNeil has died at the age of 83. In 1960, he and three other North Carolina A&T State University students launched a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter ...

In the 1950s and 1960s child development professionals promoted the idea that young parents should have pets, especially puppies or dogs, as an important way to teach responsibility, empathy, and ...