Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Woolworth building was built in 1950 in Bakersfield. (Courtesy Sherod Waite) The Woolworth's lunch counter was once a nucleus ...

*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 known ...

There were once 57 locations of the nostalgic chain on Long Island, plus the home of founder Frank Winfield Woolworth in Glen Cove.

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- You’ve seen his photo over the years, the man behind the counter of the historic Woolworth’s Lunch Counter Sit-In movement. The background of the photo shows a busboy and his name ...

(GREENSBORO, N.C.) -- Sixty-two years ago, four Black college students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Their actions that day reverberated ...

My southern roots came knocking this morning – and they were calling for grits. Grits make me think of home, even though my New York-transplanted Jewish mother never made them in our Virginia house.

Feb. 1, 2025, marked 65 years since four Black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro. Their protest for civil and human rights eventually prompted Woolworth's ...