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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.
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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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