North Carolina: NC Students Start a Revolution

This is the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail podcast. A series where historians and experts help us explore significant events in African American history that happened in the state. This is the first of three episodes. And in it, we’ll tell the story of the events leading up to the famous A&T Four sit-ins in Greensboro in 1960, including the story of Dorothy Counts and her attempt to integrate a public high school in Charlotte. 

Learn more about the sites on the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail by visiting: 

• VisitNC.com/Civil-Rights
• North Carolina African American Heritage Commission
• CivilRightsTrail.com

The episode features the voices and perspectives of: 

• Dorothy Counts-Scoggins
• Will Harris, Principal Scholar, International Civil Rights Center and Museum
• Keri Peterson, Sr. Director of History and Exhibitions, Levine Museum of the New South
• Cassandra Williams, Tour Guide, International Civil Rights Center and Museum
• Yvonne Johnson, Bennett College student from 1960-1964
• Torren Gatson, Asst. Professor of History, UNC-Greensboro