Education
On This Day in NC
February 1, 1960 | Four African-American students from NC A&T were refused service at the Woolworth’s in downtown Greensboro. They had ordered coffee. Their action inspired a wave of sit-ins across the…
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Greensboro civil rights museum vandalized during protests
Downtown Greensboro was hit hard during Saturday’s protests over the death of George Floyd–but further north on Elm Street the city’s famous International Civil Rights Center and Museum—the birthplace of…
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Obama to receive Gboro civil rights museum award. Will he show up to get it?
Rhino Times reports former President Barak Obama is being awarded the “Alston/Jones International Civil and Human Rights Award” at this year’s International Civil Rights Center and Museum gala in Greensboro.…
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Gboro civil rights hero supports Trump
Interesting AP story—- Clarence Henderson—who joined the “Greensboro Four” on the second day of the their historic sit-in at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960—supports—gasp!—-Republican nominee Donald Trump: For a…
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Re: Richmond slave muesum
Interesting NYT story on efforts to launch an American Museum of Slavery in Richmond, one of which is the vision of former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and is on…
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Clarence Henderson on HB2
Henderson, who participated in the second day of the Greensboro sit-ins, writing in the Charlotte Observer on why there’s no comparison between Jim Crow laws and HB2. The key points,…
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NC-DOJ dispute made simple
David French writes in National Review: Let’s make this simple. Title VII prohibits private and public employers (including state governments) from discriminating on the basis of “race, color, religion, sex,…
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Another unsettled civil rights legacy
News regarding Greensboro’s controversial International Civil Rights Center and Museum has been on the back burner for a few days now, but stay tuned. Much has been made —-with good…
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Guilford County school board breaking bad
N&R’s Doug Clark —in response to JLF’s Terry Stoops’ column disputing the notion that North Carolina teachers are dissatisfied — asks if anyone has seen an angry mob of teachers…
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RIP Franklin McCain
NYT obit: Mr. McCain was one of the so-called Greensboro Four, who sat down at lunch counter stools at an F. W. Woolworth store on Feb. 1, 1960, fully expecting…
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Gboro council delays vote on civil right museum funds
At last night’s meeting the Greensboro City Council again delayed a vote on funding for the International Civil right Museum. The Museum was requesting $1.5 million in funding over three…
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Gboro Civil Rights Museum: 57,000 visitors in ’12
More details on the International Civil Rights Center and Museum’s request for $1.5 million from the City of Greensboro: The civil rights museum wants $4 million in donations — including…