International Civil Rights Center and Museum Historic Preservation and Renovation / The Freelon Group Architects

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Text description provided by the architects. On February 1st, 1960, four young men from North Carolina A&T State University entered the F.W. Woolworth department store in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina and sat at the lunch counter. What followed was a movement that has had a resounding impact across the decades and around the world. The Woolworth building and the lunch counter were the flashpoint for the “Sit-in” movement in the United States. These architectural elements - important historical artifacts - have been restored to form the framework and nucleus of the exhibits at the ICRCM.