Like many public spaces in the mid-1900s, some lunch counters were subject to Jim Crow laws, and thereby inadvertent ...

And Woolworth sold a little bit of everything, from bathmats to brassieres, from gardenia plants to tea kettles. The lunch counter existed from the time that F.W. Woolworth opened in 1912 at 205 E.

Despite earlier reports of its removal, the historic Woolworth’s lunch counter exhibit remains proudly on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), also ...

Update: Asheville City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance July 23 designating the Woolworth building, at 25 Haywood St., a local historic landmark. ASHEVILLE - The F.W. Woolworth Co ...

On Thursday, the news outlet BlackPressUSA published a report that an exhibit from a historic moment in the Civil Rights Movement, Greensboro’s F.W. Woolworth Company lunch counter, fell victim ...

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.

BlackPressUSA NEWSWIRE – In an update to the BlackPressUSA exclusive on the lunch counter exhibit at the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, the Smithsonian now says the ...