"The Greensboro Four"               Photo: NCA&TSU While the authentic whites-only lunch counter will be the focal point and signature artifact in this museum experience, the visitor will be able to visualize landmark events of the sixties as they are immersed in the sounds, sights, and emotions that set the stage for the Greensboro sit-Ins and the larger civil rights movement. Aware that three generations have been born since the height of the movement, the museum is designed to envelop the visitor and elicit a palpable response and comprehension of the social context for these courageous and often life threatening actions. A distinctive and unique experience is created through fourteen thematic installations that combine evocative audio soundscapes, historic video footage, artistic graphic renderings, authentic artifacts and archival materials – guests are literally transported to the 1960’s. Indeed, the effort does not stop on February 1, 1960. The International Civil Rights Center & Museum carries the story forward, depicting the life-altering events over the next days, weeks and months of this non-violent protest. White and black students alike are seen filling the lunch counter seats, quietly sitting on lunch counter stools, while protesting angry crowds made the evening news, hurling insults behind them and beside police. The Museum then explores day-to-day events and milestones of the 1960’s as the movement spread throughout the south and across the nation and the world.