International Civil Rights Center & Museum

After eating a hearty breakfast in Asheville at - you guessed it - Tupelo Honey Cafe (for the second time - such a great place we couldn't resist), we got on I-40 for the three hour drive to Greensboro, North Carolina, to visit the International Civil Rights Center & Museum.

The museum is located in the former F.W. Woolworth store in downtown Greensboro, which was the birthplace of the sit-in movement at lunch counters across the south, a pivotal moment in the struggle for civil rights in America. The original sit-in occurred on February 1, 1960, when four college students from the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina sat down at the store's "whites only" lunch counter.  The musuem still houses the original lunch counter and stools (photos below). The prices listed at the counter were 15 cents for cherry pie and 65 cents for a turkey dinner.  A bottle of Pepsi-Cola was 5 cents.

The museum's exhibits were very moving, and the museum is a must see for anyone passing through Greensboro.