Louis' sit-in movement started with a Black woman named Pearl Maddox and women of the Citizens Civil Rights Committee ... Ever Seen On Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives Mass layoffs imminent at Trump ...

A related movement, the white Citizens' Councils ... Students involved in nonviolent civil rights sit-ins formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960.

Everyday women” of the Civil Rights Movement should inspire Christians today to become “courageous resisters,” according to ...

Hillsborough County's play "When the Righteous Triumph" portrays the 1960s civil rights sit-ins, educating a new generation.

Despite this, the sit-ins had a significant impact on civil rights in Oklahoma and led to more businesses, churches, public areas, and schools being desegregated.

Seven former students of LeMoyne-Owen College were honored for their role in the Civil Rights Movement in Memphis. In 1960, these students participated in sit-ins at segregated museums and ...

Maxine Smith, Dorothy Truitt Walk and Cornelia Crenshaw were civil rights leaders who challenged injustice and made a ...

Under her leadership, the Memphis NAACP advocated for civil rights with marches, sit-ins, voter registration ... women leaders during the Civil Rights Movement who also made a significant ...