More coverage: International Civil Rights Center & Museum
About the museum
On Feb. 1, the International Civil Rights Center & Museum opened at 132 S. Elm St. in downtown Greensboro. The museum will focus on the nonviolent protests of the Greensboro sit-ins. The 43,000-square-foot museum is in the former F.W. Woolworth store where four students from N.C. A&T began their protest at the whites-only lunch counter.
More on the Web
Visit the International Civil Rights Center & Museum at www.sitinmovement.org, on Twitter @sitinmuseum or on Facebook.
Learn more about the Greensboro Sit-Ins and hear from the participants at www.sitins.com
Explore civil rights in Greensboro at this UNCG site
Commemorative section
The News & Record took an inside look at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum and the Greensboro sit-ins with a commemorative special section in the Jan. 29 edition of the newspaper. Purchase a keepsake package
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