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Winston-Salem students arrested during lunch-counter sit-in

Winston-Salem students arrested during lunch-counter sit-in 1960
Winston-Salem
Black students from Winston-Salem Teachers College and white students from Wake Forest College were arrested during a lunch-counter sit-in that helped build support for voluntary desegregation.
Date / period: February 5, 1960
Tags: Winston-Salem sit-in, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem Teachers College, desegregation
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Import source: User-provided local history dates dataset, 2026-05-21

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