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Today In Winston-Salem History

Winston-Salem sit-in victory 1960
On February 5, 1960, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, ten Black students from Winston-Salem Teachers College and eleven white students from Wake Forest College were arrested during a lunch counter sit-in at Woolworth’s
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Winston-Salem sit-in begins 1960
On February 8, 1960, Carl Wesley Matthews, a Black resident of Winston-Salem, sat down alone at a whites-only lunch counter at a local department store (S.H. Kress) and asked to be served
Winston-Salem

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Winston-Salem sit-in victory 1960
On February 5, 1960, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, ten Black students from Winston-Salem Teachers College and eleven white students from Wake Forest College were arrested during a lunch counter sit-in at Woolworth’s
Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem sit-in begins 1960
On February 8, 1960, Carl Wesley Matthews, a Black resident of Winston-Salem, sat down alone at a whites-only lunch counter at a local department store (S.H. Kress) and asked to be served
Winston-Salem

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1913 · Winston and Salem merge into a single city 1766 · Founding of Salem, North Carolina

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