The Greensboro Sit-in was a major civil rights protest that started in 1960, when young Black students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to leave after being denied service.
South Africa (Season 1 Episode 3 of 4): Michael Portillo investigates South Africa's history of racial unrest. Portillo's Empire Journey airs on Channel 5 +1 at 4:15 AM, Saturday 3 February. Michael Portillo investigates South Africa's history of racial unrest
South Africa (Season 1 Episode 3 of 4): Michael Portillo investigates South Africa's history of racial unrest. Portillo's Empire Journey airs on Channel 5 HD at 3:15 AM, Saturday 3 February. Michael Portillo investigates South Africa's history of racial unrest
He made the comment citing an illustration of the deity in the Indian Constitution which is part of a series of 22 artworks depicting India’s cultural history.
There they were, showing the world that there are still people motivated not by religious structures, not by past glories, not by hatreds deliberately stoked.
These were ordinary folks doing something extraordinary purely because they think that effort might shake a nation out of a spiralling miasma of division, mistrust, cynicism, sophistry and violence.