Lunch counter sculpture to honor Civil Rights Activist Clara Luper in the heart of downtown
The life and legacy of Clara Shepard Luper will be on full display in the heart of downtown. A monument is being made in her honor to commemorate the Katz Drug Store sit-in, which was one of ...
Flashback Friday: Downtown Woolworth store had one of Wichita’s most-loved lunch counters
Another Wichita Woolworth store, which also had a lunch counter, lasted at the Ken-Mar Shopping Center at 13th and Oliver ...
The Transylvania Times11d
Civil rights pioneer: ‘Sit-ins’ stood for what I believed in
Clarence Henderson told Brevard Academy students last week America is “the greatest country in the world,” but “you have to ...
Woolworth Reunion: Former employees reconnect 60 years after historic sit-Ins
Former Woolworth employees reunite after 60 years, reflecting on friendship, the 1960 sit-ins, and the lunch counter’s ...
The Oracle10d
‘When the Righteous Triumph:’ Revival of USF professor’s play opens this Thursday
A USF professor's play depicting Tampa's historic lunch counter sit-in from the Civil Rights Movement has been revived and ...
Tampa Bay Times21d
Remembering the Tampa lunch counter sit-ins | Column
Their peaceful sit-ins at the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter not only desegregated many local businesses but also demonstrated the power of interracial cooperation and non-violent protest.
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A salute to Tampa's Woolworth lunch counter sit-in on its 65th anniversary
The one at Tampa’s F.W. Woolworth store started on Feb. 29, 1960. It was led, in part, by Clarence Fort, who was the NAACP ...