ngp_sitins sitins ngp yes Greensboro sit-ins : launch of a Civil Rights movement Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro F.W. Woolworth Company Khazan, Jibreel, 1941- McCain, Franklin (Franklin Eugene), 1941- McNeil, Joseph (Joseph Alfred), 1942- Richmond, David (David Leinail), 1941-1990 Web site with information about the sit-in demonstrations in Greensboro, North Carolina, beginning on February 1, 1960, when four African American students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University went to the Woolworth store in downtown Greensboro and asked to be served at the whites-only lunch counter. The site includes biographical information about local and national Civil Rights movement leaders involved in the Greensboro movement; photographs, video clips, and audio files of interviews with participants and commemorative events; newspaper reports on the event and its effects; a timeline of selected events of the Civil Rights movement; information about local efforts to commemorate the sit-ins; and links to other Web sites with Civil Rights materials. 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.)] : News & record News & record (Greensboro, N.C.) Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.) 1998/2004 Instructional materials Sound recordings Newspapers Photographs Moving images Timelines (chronologies) http://www.sitins.com/ System requirements: RealAudio player is required to listen to audio clips. 1961 Greensboro (N.C.) Guilford County (N.C.) 20090526 113709