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Business / Small Business Danville Holiday Campaign Lab pairs small businesses with a $750 marketing runway Arts & Culture Free Steal Away Home performance set for Aug. 1 in Winston-Salem Local Government Roanoke County early voting reaches final weekend Arts & Culture Black Theatre Festival closes with free block party and parade Arts & Culture Temple of the Muse closes Greensboro residency with two premiere performances Community Danville’s August Sunday Outdoors calendar opens with paddling, zipline and hiking Community Free Women’s Naturalist Hike set for Aug. 8 at Roanoke County’s Explore Park Live Music Funky Confusion Band returns to Tequila’s Sports Bar & Grill Business / Small Business Danville Holiday Campaign Lab pairs small businesses with a $750 marketing runway Arts & Culture Free Steal Away Home performance set for Aug. 1 in Winston-Salem Local Government Roanoke County early voting reaches final weekend Arts & Culture Black Theatre Festival closes with free block party and parade Arts & Culture Temple of the Muse closes Greensboro residency with two premiere performances Community Danville’s August Sunday Outdoors calendar opens with paddling, zipline and hiking Community Free Women’s Naturalist Hike set for Aug. 8 at Roanoke County’s Explore Park Live Music Funky Confusion Band returns to Tequila’s Sports Bar & Grill
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Winston-Salem sit-in begins

Winston-Salem sit-in begins 1960
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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

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