Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Where to Sit, Where to Sit?

The August 29th Chicago Tribune had an article about a very historic lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was cut into pieces a long time ago and carted off to museums, including the Smithsonian in DC. But the stools where the four black college students launched a sit-in Feb. 1, 196o to protest segregation laws that denied them being served, are still intact at the back of the former F.W. Woolworth store downtown.

However, they can't be seen by the public as the planned International Civil Rights Center & Museum at the site, never materialized after they ran short of funds in 2005. Major structural problems werediscovered in the 1929-era building.

It is estimated that $8 million will be needed before it can open.

A Piece of History That Needs to Be Open. --Old Coot

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