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Sit-Ins' Silver Day: A look at the lessons 25 years later
Date:
January 18, 1985
By:
William Henry Chafe
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
This article was published in the biweekly North Carolina Independent in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins at Woolworth's. Writt...
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Daring act by four teenagers tumbles racial barriers
Date:
January 27, 1985
By:
Jim Schlosser
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
Written twenty five years after the Greensboro sit-ins at Woolworth's, this article was published in the Greensboro News & Record and examines the event itself, a...
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Remembering sit-ins
Date:
February 1, 1985
By:
unknown
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
This February 1, 1985 Greensboro News & Record editorial views the Woolworth sit-ins in retrospect and urges readers not to be “smug” when commemorati...
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Remembering: 1 leader of sit-in visits site
Date:
February 2, 1985
By:
Jim Schlosser
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
In this February 2, 1985 article published in the Greensboro News & Record, staff writer Jim Schlosser reports on one of the original four sit-in participants, D...
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Woolworth Story
Date:
February 1, 1985
By:
Giles Lambertson
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
Greensboro News & Record editorial columnist Giles Lambertson wrote a series of columns in 1985 that drew the ire of Clarence Harris, who had worked as the manage...
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Civil rights sloganeering
Date:
March 4, 1985
By:
Edwin M. Yoder, Jr.
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
Washington Post columnist Edwin M. Yoder Jr. explores the effectiveness of civil rights laws and the struggle between those who wish to strive toward a literal colorb...
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Clarence L. Harris Scrapbook: Forward
Date:
1985
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
This section of Scrapbook 1 includes the foreword, acknowledgments, and a chronology of the sit-ins at that serves as a table of contents for the rest of the scrapbook. An unidentified news clippin...
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Clarence L. Harris Scrapbook: Chapter 1
Date:
1985
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
Chapter 1 focuses on Woolworth's business practices and race relations compared to the racial makeup of Greensboro. Included are photographs of the dining area and bakery of the Woolworth's taken i...
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Clarence L. Harris Scrapbook: Chapter 2
Date:
1985
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
Chapter 2 focuses on the events of February 1, 1960, including Harris' actions regarding the demonstrators. Mentioned are the "Greensboro Four": David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr. (n...
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Clarence L. Harris Scrapbook: Chapter 3
Date:
1985
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
Chapter 3 of this scrapbook focuses on the events of February 2, 1960, the second day of sit-ins, when student demonstrators occupied all twenty-seven seats at Woolworth's. Harris claims that norma...
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Clarence L. Harris Scrapbook: Chapter 4, 5, 6
Date:
1985
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
Chapters 4, 5, and 6 of this scrapbook focus on the events of February 3-5, 1960 - the third, fourth, and fifth days of sit-ins. Harris remarks on how the press coverage fueled growing interest in ...
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Clarence L. Harris Scrapbook: Chapter 7
Date:
1985
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
Chapter 7 of this scrapbook focuses on the events of February 6, 1960, the sixth day of sit-ins - namely the large crowd of onlookers at Woolworth, the bomb threat called into the store, and the st...
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Clarence L. Harris Scrapbook: Chapter 8, 9
Date:
1985
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
Chapters 8 and 9 of this scrapbook focus on the period between February 7, when the students suspended the sit-ins in order to negotiate, and the week of February 23, when the protests resumed. Har...
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Clarence L. Harris Scrapbook: Chapter 10, 11, 12
Date:
1985
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
Chapters 10, 11, and 12 of this scrapbook focus on events taking place from the end of February through the summer of 1960, including the continued sit-ins and Harris' eventual decision to desegreg...
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Clarence L. Harris Scrapbook: Chapter 13, 14
Date:
1985
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
Chapters 13 and 14 of this scrapbook focus on the initial phase of desegregation at the Greensboro store and sit-ins at the Winston-Salem, N.C., Woolworth. Harris notes that the "colored" counter a...
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Clarence L. Harris Scrapbook: Chapter 15, 16, 17, 18
Date:
1985
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
Chapters 15, 16, 17, and 18 of this scrapbook contain Harris’ retrospective analysis of the sit-ins and what they accomplished. He writes of the massive size of the demonstrations, meetings wi...
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Clarence L. Harris Scrapbook: Chapter 19
Date:
1985
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
Chapter 19 focuses on Harris' personal response to the 1960 sit-ins. Harris includes his biography, and explains how many of his attempts to address the situation failed until he and Kress Departme...
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Clarence L. Harris Scrapbook: Chapter 20
Date:
1985
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
Chapter 20 focuses on the long-term impact of the sit-ins, including the deterioration of downtown retail in Greensboro and Harris’ observation that inequality in social interactions still remained...
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Clarence L. Harris Scrapbook: Chapter 21
Date:
1985
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
Chapter 21 is entitled "The Legal, Ethical, and Economical Aspects" of the sit-ins and desegregation of the Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter. Harris emphasizes that no laws were broken by himself...
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Racial Balance Busing
Date:
October1971
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
This handwritten letter to the editor by Clarence “Curly” Harris was written in response to an October 3, 1971 editorial in the Durham Morning Herald, entitl...
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Letter from Clarence Harris to Tom Osborne
Date:
August 10, 1983
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
This August 10, 1983 handwritten letter from Clarence “Curly” Harris to Greensboro City Manager Tom Osborne, introduces Osborne to Harris' perspectives on the Greensboro Woolworth sit-i...
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Letter from Clarence Harris to David DuBuisson
Date:
May 23, 1994
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
This February 12, 1991 letter from Clarence “Curly” Harris to Greensboro News & Record editor David DuBuisson, questions details about the 1960 sit-ins ...
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Letter from Clarence Harris to David DuBuisson
Date:
February 12, 1991
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
This February 12, 1991 letter from Clarence “Curly” Harris to Greensboro News & Record editor David DuBuisson, questions details about the 1960 sit-ins ...
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Review of Miles Wolff's Book Lunch At The Five And Ten
Date:
1980
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
In this 20-page document, Clarence “Curly” Harris, gives a detailed review of facts presented in Miles Wolff's 1970 book about the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins, Lunch at the...
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Comments on William A. Chafe's book pertaining particularly to Chapter Three, "The Sit-Ins Begin"
Date:
1979
By:
Clarence Harris
From:
Clarence Lee Harris Papers
In this seven-page document, Clarence “Curly” Harris comments on historian William Chafe's book Civilities and Civil Rights . Harris, who was manager of the Gr...
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