Community Owned. Local News. Burke County, NC.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH

A time when ordering lunch was an act of defiance

Despite some gains, the work of civil rights is not complete

By ANGELA KUPER COPELAND

Education Reporter, THE PAPER

Posted 2/25/23

Not much more than 100 miles from here, a protest sparked a more widespread campaign to desegregate lunch counters throughout the South. News of the Greensboro sit-in on Feb. 1, 1960, quickly made …

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