Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement

Four Students at North Carolina A & T State University conducted the first lunch counter sit-in on February 1, 1960 at the Woolworth Store.

Franklin McCain

Joseph McNeil

Ezell Blair, Jr.

David Richmond

"Sometimes taking a stand for what is undeniably right means taking a seat."

Presented to the City of Greensboro by Radio Stations WEAL and WQMG February 1, 1990

Huff Art Studio

Marker is on South Elm Street, on the right when traveling south.

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