(You can watch a short video by Leon County Government that captures the importance of this history here. Watch the full program here.)

On Thursday, February 13th we’ll gather to observe an important community anniversary. Exactly 60 years ago on that day, inspired by the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins, a group of students conducted a sympathy sit-in at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in downtown Tallahassee. A week later their second sit-in led to the first jail-in in the nation. We’ll be telling the heroic story of these young FAMU students, led by Patricia and Priscilla Stephens and other members of the Congress Of Racial Equality (CORE). We’ll be joined by people who participated in these historic events for a first-hand understanding of what they faced as they advocated for equal rights under the law.