On February 2, 1960, a group of college students decided to stage a sit-in at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were tired of not being served just because of the color of their skin, and they wanted to make a statement without violence. It was an important moment in the  fight for desegregation. What else was being reported on that day?

SOURCES

“Advertisement: Smell-O-Vision (Page 2).” Mirror News (Los Angeles, California), February 2, 1960. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “B-52 Crash Kills Seven Crewmen.” Las Cruces Sun-News (Las Cruces, New Mexico), February 2, 1960. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Woman Thought Drowned Is Object Of Hunt.” The Fresno Bee (Fresno, California), February 2, 1960. www.newspapers.com.

“Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, March 7, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress.

Brantley, Bill. “Hartford City Classroom Slayer Ends Life With Murder Weapon.” The Muncie Star (Muncie, Indiana), February 3, 1960. www.newspapers.com.

“'Dead' Wife's Story Puzzles Officials.” Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California), February 4, 1960. www.newspapers.com.

“Freedom Struggle: Woolworth's Lunch Counter - Separate Is Not Equal.” Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Accessed March 11, 2022. https://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/6-legacy/freedom-struggle-2.html.

History.com Editors. “Greensboro Sit-In.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, February 4, 2010. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/the-greensboro-sit-in.

Pett, Saul. “Strange Story Found In Teacher Slayings.” The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana), February 7, 1960. www.newspapers.com.

United Press International. “Greensboro Store Hit By Sitdown.” The Durham Sun (Durham, North Carolina), February 2, 1960. www.newspapers.com.

United Press International. “Missing Woman Hinted Alive.” Redlands Daily Facts (Redlands, California), February 2, 1960. www.newspapers.com.

United Press International. “Principal Kills Two Instructors.” The Childress Index (Childress, Texas), February 2, 1960.

United Press International. “Principal Kills Two Instructors.” The Childress Index (Childress, Texas), February 2, 1960. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.