Witness to a Revolution
By DAWN DeCWIKIEL-KANE, Staff Writer

Friday, February 21, 1997

Jack Moebes captured images of the civil rights era and desegregation as a photographer for the Greensboro Record. Last week, Moebes, 85, was recognized as an "unsung hero" who documented the lunch counter sit-ins that began Feb. 1, 1960, to protest segregation at Woolworth's and other white downtown businesses. He was honored at the annual banquet of Sit-In Movement Inc., the foundation raising funds to build a museum at the old Woolworth's.

Moebes' career as a newspaper photographer spanned three decades. These photos show some of the famous scenes he recorded on film.

"These pictures have been seen across the world," Dr. George Simkins, past president of the Greensboro NAACP, said in presenting Moebes' award. "Without his contribution, the true pictures of the sit-in demonstration would never have been recorded."

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