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The story doesn’t 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 rioting crowds made the evening news, protesting angrily against them, hurling insults behind them and beside police. The sit-ins ended just as abruptly as they started, a landmark in the nation’s history.

And the story goes beyond Greensboro. Explore the day-to-day events and milestones of the 1960’s at your own pace to witness the events of the spring and summer of 1960, as the movement spread throughout the south and across the nation and the world.



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