Greensboro show presents multiple sides, reactions to 1960 sit-in movements
Marlena Chertock The stage for “Periphery” is set with background pictures of the Greensboro Four, a few tables and chairs. Photo by […]
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Greensboro show presents multiple sides, reactions to 1960 sit-in movements
Marlena Chertock FEB. 24, 2011 What surprises Bobby Pittman the most about the sit-in movement is not many people know it started […]
NPR journalist discusses Supreme Court in final Sunshine Day event in Greensboro, N.C.
NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg gave the Supreme Court justices a human quality on March 16 in the Carolina Theater in Greensboro, N.C., […]
Lawyer updates Sunshine Day attendees on N.C. open government policy
An attorney with Brooks Pierce updated Sunshine Day attendees on government transparency, saying that threats to openness in government in North Carolina […]
N.C. journalist honored for her commitment to openness in government
The managing editor of the Outer Banks Sentinel was honored at the beginning of Sunshine Day on March 16 as the Open Government Heroine […]
NC Open Government Coalition hosts event to honor sunshine laws; president thanks supporters
Hugh Stevens, the president of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition, expressed his gratitude to the various organizations that have supported the coalition […]
Woolworth museum honors protestors of injustice
by Marlena Chertock, February 14, 2010 History happens fast. Fifteen to 20 years after the Woolworth sit-ins, the lunch counter and store were […]
Commemorating the courage of four
Museum in Woolworth Building to open on 50th anniversary of Greensboro Four sit-ins by Marlena Chertock, January 20, 2010 Fifty years ago, four black college […]