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Greensboro newspaper photographer jack moebes captured the first. Woolworth company department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the southern united states. Deena hayesgreene, chair of the board of directors of the international civil rights center and museum, visits the woolworths counter that sparked the greensboro sitins in 1960. Grant faulkner from national novel writing month plans to meet writers and talk about his new book on sept.

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