ncgu_greensborovoices_tisdale-int tisdale-int greensborovoices ncgu yes Oral history interview with Geneva Tisdale Tisdale, Geneva, 1933- Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro African American women--North Carolina--Greensboro African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro African Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina--Greensboro Civil rights--North Carolina--Greensboro Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro Passive resistance--North Carolina--Greensboro Direct action--North Carolina--Greensboro Nonviolence--North Carolina--Greensboro F.W. Woolworth Company--Employees Women food service employees--North Carolina--Greensboro Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro Race relations Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century Tisdale, Geneva, 1933- Oral history in which Geneva Tisdale recalls the Feb. 1, 1960 sit-in, the larger crowds during the following days, and the eventual shut down of the counter. She recounts the day the counter first re-opened to serve blacks and whites, and her experience as one of the first three black customers to be served. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. Greensboro, N.C. : University Libraries, University of North Carolina at Greensboro University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.) Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Greensboro Voices Collection (University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries) 2006 Oral histories Transcripts http://library.uncg.edu/depts/archives/civrights/detail-iv.asp?iv=152 Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library Forms part of online collection: Greensboro Voices. Greensboro (N.C.) Guilford County (N.C.) 20090526 204847