The historic city of Greensboro, North Carolina, experienced national attention on February 1, 1960 when four A&T College students sat down at the Woolworth lunch counter, thus birthing the civil rights "sit-in movements." However, African Americans helped shape the city for many decades prior to that event. Palmer Memorial Institute, the country's first African-American finishing school, is located here, as is Bennett College, one of two historically black colleges for women in the United States. Alumni of Greensboro schools include Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, the late astronaut Ron McNair, Re... Read More
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The historic city of Greensboro, North Carolina, experienced national attention on February 1, 1960 when four A&T College students sat down at the Woolworth lunch counter, thus birthing the civil rights "sit-in movements." However, African Americans helped shape the city for many decades prior to that event. Palmer Memorial Institute, the country's first African-American finishing school, is located here, as is Bennett College, one of two historically black colleges for women in the United States. Alumni of Greensboro schools include Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, the late astronaut Ron McNair, Re... Read More
The historic city of Greensboro, North Carolina, experienced national attention on February 1, 1960 when four A&T College students sat down at the Woolworth lunch counter, thus birthing the civil rights "sit-in movements." However, African Americans helped shape the city for many decades prior to that event. Palmer Memorial Institute, the country's first African-American finishing school, is located here, as is Bennett College, one of two historically black colleges for women in the United States. Alumni of Greensboro schools include Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, the late astronaut Ron McNair, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Justice Henry Frye, and former Harlem Globetrotter Freddie "Curly" Neal.
Details
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Black America Series
Publication Date: 6th July 2003
State: North Carolina
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738515250
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Author Bio
Hairston attended public school in Greensboro, NC, graduating from James B. Dudley High School in 1963. He then attended North Carolina A&T State University where he received a degree in the Industrial Arts in 1967. He took photographic short courses sponsored by the North Carolina Professional Photographic Association. From January 1971 to June 1988, he was owner and operator of the University Studio and Gallery I. In February 1993, he served as University Photographer in the Office of University Relations. Hairston was the first photography exhibitor at the Martin Luther King Center in Atlanta, GA.
The historic city of Greensboro, North Carolina, experienced national attention on February 1, 1960 when four A&T College students sat down at the Woolworth lunch counter, thus birthing the civil rights "sit-in movements." However, African Americans helped shape the city for many decades prior to that event. Palmer Memorial Institute, the country's first African-American finishing school, is located here, as is Bennett College, one of two historically black colleges for women in the United States. Alumni of Greensboro schools include Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, the late astronaut Ron McNair, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Justice Henry Frye, and former Harlem Globetrotter Freddie "Curly" Neal.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Black America Series
Publication Date: 6th July 2003
State: North Carolina
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738515250
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Hairston attended public school in Greensboro, NC, graduating from James B. Dudley High School in 1963. He then attended North Carolina A&T State University where he received a degree in the Industrial Arts in 1967. He took photographic short courses sponsored by the North Carolina Professional Photographic Association. From January 1971 to June 1988, he was owner and operator of the University Studio and Gallery I. In February 1993, he served as University Photographer in the Office of University Relations. Hairston was the first photography exhibitor at the Martin Luther King Center in Atlanta, GA.