ROCK HILL, S.C. – Mack Workman’s hands went numb. He held his breath. Fear gripped his chest. In front of him stood a dozen police officers. Workman, then 18, hadn’t told his parents what he was doing ...

Even after nearly 50 years, the names bear repeating: Franklin McCain, David Richmond, Ezell Blair and Joseph McNeil. They were freshmen at North Carolina A&T on Feb. 1, 1960, when they took their ...

On April 3, 1963, 20 Black protesters were arrested for sitting at whites-only lunch counters in downtown Birmingham, kicking off what became mass demonstrations in the city 60 years ago that would ...

Joseph A. McNeil, of Hempstead, took a seat at a "whites-only" Greensboro lunch counter 63 years ago and decided it was time to take a stand. McNeil, 80, is one of the two surviving civil rights ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Just a few years after a successful bus boycott rattled the capital city’s norms, young adults in Tallahassee again took brave acts of defiance with hopes to spark change.

USA TODAY’s “Seven Days of 1961” explores how sustained acts of resistance can bring about sweeping change. Throughout 1961, activists risked their lives to fight for voting rights and the integration ...