Simon Bouie and Talmadge Neil walked into Eckerd’s Drug Store on Columbia’s Main Street and sat down to order lunch. Not more than 15 minutes later, the students were being arrested and charged with ...

An investigator with the PBS television show "History Detectives" tentatively confirmed Tuesday night that two Woolworth signs bought by a local man were from the Liberty Street store, the site of ...

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 ...

Image taken during lunch counter sit-ins at the F.W. Woolworth department store in Tampa in 1960 (photo courtesy: USF Tampa Library/City of Tampa Communications) Sixty-five years ago, a group of high ...

Of Songs, Peace, and Struggle: Birthplace of a Whirlwind program was held at the National Museum of American History on January 14, 1995. The program for the commemoration of the birthday of Dr.