Woolworth whites only lunch counter from Greensboro, NC sit-in.
- Title
- Woolworth whites only lunch counter from Greensboro, NC sit-in.
- Description
- When Woolworth's closed in 1993, this section of the original counter was donated to the Smithsonian to ensure the preservation of the legacy of the Greensboro sit-ins. On February 1, 1960, four students from North Carolina A&T began a non-violent protest at the segregated lunch counter. The action quickly grew into a broad, interracial movement across the South, propelling the civil rights movement and shaping the cultural shifts that would define the decade.
- Coverage
- Greensboro, NC
- Date
- Feb. 01, 1960
- Rights
- This media is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian.
- Source
- Smithsonian Institute National Museum of American History
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-a3b0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
- Subject
- Civil Rights-Raleigh-North Carolina-Greensboro-SNCC-Martin Luther King Jr- Ella Baker- SCLC-Protest-Student Activist-Sit-in-Counterculture
- Physical Dimensions
- overall: 38 in x 97 in x 50 in; 96.52 cm x 246.38 cm x 127 cm
- Medium
- metal, wood, plastic (overall material)
- Item sets
- 1960s Counterculture NC
- Site pages
- Come Together
Part of Woolworth whites only lunch counter from Greensboro, NC sit-in.