Record #:

1748

Author(s):

O'Conner, Dixie B.

Abstract:

Sit-In Movement Incorporated is slated to open a $5.7 million civil rights museum at the site of the 1960 sit-in at a Greensboro Woolworth's lunch counter.

Source:

Southern City (NoCar Oversize JS 39 S6), Vol. 44 Issue 7, July 1994, p6, il

Subject(s):

Sit-In Movement, Inc. (Greensboro); Historical museums--Greensboro; Civil rights demonstrations--Greensboro

Record #:

13557

Author(s):

Graff, Michael

Abstract:

February 1, 1960 was one of those days that altered not only the history of North Carolina but the nation as well. It was the day that four young African American college students took their seats at the FW Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro - a segregated area. Graff recalls the event and the four young men. The lunch counter is now the centerpiece exhibit in the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 78 Issue 9, Feb 2011, p92-96, 98, 100-102, 104, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Historical museums--Greensboro; Civil rights demonstrations--Greensboro

Record #:

24284

Author(s):

Massoglia, Mike

Abstract:

Skip Alston and Earl Jones hope to create a museum in Greensboro at the site of Woolsworth, where four black college students organized the first sit-in for civil rights in February 1960. The museum has been in the making since 1993 but has languished as a result of the two men's inability to command respect from the community, some critics say.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 9, September 2001, p32-39, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Historical museums--Greensboro; Museums--Greensboro; Greensboro--Description and travel