Fifty Years Ago: Carolina Gentlemen Sit In.
On February 1, 1960 four black students “sat in” at a segregated lunch counter at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, NC. It was a historic event because it started a movement — one that only ended when its goal had been achieved. The International Civil Rights Center and Museum opened its doors today at the very building where the Woolworth’s lunch was located and where the Woolworth’s sign still hangs.