The lunch counter is famous for its role in the civil rights movement. In 1960, four N.C. A&T freshmen sparked a national ...

Nothing of the old Woolworth’s except the early-century architecture, protected by official historic building status – and the original 1950s-vintage soda fountain. We took a tour of the ...

In the famous photograph, four Black college freshmen occupy the segregated Woolworth lunch counter ... s paper hat and carrying a tray past the soda fountain — an accidental witness to history.