Black History Month Ep. 7 - Stories from Greensboro - a podcast by Rick Smith

Stories from Greensboro's beloved community gave us the opportunity to talk with

Lewis Brandon, Grassroots History Coordinator at the Beloved Community Center who sat down with us to share his story of being a part of history joining four fellow North Carolina A & T sit in of the lunch counter in Greensboro.

Rebecca Cerese, Director of the documentary February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four discusses the film and share the story of one of history’s most important moments.  

and, one of my favorite stories from

Claude Barnes who is a Researcher at the Jubilee Institute in Greensboro, North Carolina. He joined us to talk about his being elected to student body president as a write-in candidate and how that event turned into a riot where he and his classmates being tear gassed and some classmates even got arrested.

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