Greensboro 4 Sit-In Mural at Windsor Recreation Center, Greensboro; credit Visit Greensboro
Greensboro
Greensboro gushes Black beauty and culture but is also home to North Carolina A&T University, which ignited the Civil Rights Movement when four black students sat at a whites-only lunch counter.
History
Quaker cousins Levi & Vestal Coffin formed the Grand Central Terminal of the Underground Railroad.
Cultural Sites
International Civil Rights Center & Museum evolved from the historic F.W. Woolworth Building.
Restaurants
The dining and black-owned choices are slim but fruitful.
North Carolina A&T University
Shops
Black-owned Greensboro shops took a beating through the pandemic, here’s what’s left.
Heritage Sites
The First Lunch Counter Sit-in energized the Civil Rights Movement became with non-violent activism.
General Attractions
Downtown Arts District with General Historical Museum and Blandwood Mansion make for afternoon sites.
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-Ins
1 February 1960, four North Carolina A&T students sat at the segregated Woolworth lunch counter.
Family Attractions
A children’s museum, toy museum, water park, science center & miniature golf courses dot the region.
Arts
Blandwood transformed from antebellum plantation to mansion that includes antiques by black craftsmen.
Trivia & Famous Residents
In this 1.2 million pop. metro area, about 230,000 residents are African Americans.
