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Greensboro Historical Museum

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Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Greensboro Historical Museum
Phone:
+1 336-373-2043

Hours:
Sunday2pm - 5pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am - 5pm
Wednesday10am - 5pm
Thursday10am - 5pm
Friday10am - 5pm
Saturday10am - 5pm


The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, which led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. While not the first sit-in of the Civil Rights Movement, the Greensboro sit-ins were an instrumental action, and also the most well-known sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement. They are considered a catalyst to the subsequent sit-in movement. These sit-ins led to increased national sentiment at a crucial period in US history. The primary event took place at the Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth store, now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.
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