HAMPTON, Va. — January 29, 1960, was a day of celebration in the City of Hampton. According to reporting at the time from The Daily Press, Mayor George C. Bentley wielded a curved, silver-hilted ...
Simon Bouie told his mother and grandmother he wasn't going to get in trouble back in 1960. Then the Black Benedict College student sat at a whites-only lunch counter in South Carolina and got himself ...
“Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America’s Politics Forever” is a look at a critical period in U.S. history that holds lessons for today. CNN news anchor Chris ...