Greensboro, North Carolina

E11178
city municipality

Greensboro, North Carolina is a city historically significant as a major site of the American civil rights movement, particularly known for the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-ins.

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Label Occurrences
Greensboro, North Carolina canonical 119
Greensboro 25
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States 9

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 336 ⓘ
743 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countrySubdivision Piedmont Triad ⓘ
county Guilford County ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1960 Woolworth’s sit-ins began on February 1, 1960 ⓘ
demographics racially and ethnically diverse population ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 272 meters ⓘ
approximately 892 feet ⓘ
eventOccurredHere Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasAirport Piedmont Triad International Airport ⓘ
hasArena Greensboro Coliseum ⓘ
surface form: Greensboro Coliseum Complex
hasMuseum International Civil Rights Center & Museum ⓘ
hasNickname Gate City ⓘ
hasPark Guilford Courthouse National Military Park ⓘ
hasPublicTransit Greensboro Transit Agency ⓘ
hasSite F. W. Woolworth store in Greensboro ⓘ
surface form: F. W. Woolworth store on South Elm Street
hasSportsTeam Greensboro Grasshoppers ⓘ
hasUniversity Bennett College ⓘ
Guilford College ⓘ
North Carolina A&T State University ⓘ
University of North Carolina at Greensboro ⓘ
historicalEventAssociated Battle of Guilford Court House ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Guilford Courthouse
inception 1808 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Guilford County ⓘ
knownFor 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-ins ⓘ
role in the American civil rights movement ⓘ
locatedInRegion Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear High Point, North Carolina ⓘ
Winston-Salem, North Carolina ⓘ
majorHighway Interstate 40 ⓘ
Interstate 73 ⓘ
Interstate 840 ⓘ
Interstate 85 ⓘ
namedAfter Nathanael Greene ⓘ
partOf Piedmont Triad ⓘ
surface form: Greensboro–High Point metropolitan statistical area

Piedmont Triad ⓘ
surface form: Greensboro–High Point–Winston-Salem combined statistical area

Piedmont Triad ⓘ
surface form: Piedmont Triad metropolitan region
population over 300000 ⓘ
populationRankInState third-largest city in North Carolina ⓘ
postalCodeRange 27401–27499 ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
usesDaylightSavingTime yes ⓘ

Referenced by (159)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American civil rights movement → location → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Piedmont region of North Carolina → hasMajorCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) → hasMajorCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Crescent → routeVia → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Atlantic Coast Conference → previousHeadquartersLocation → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Greensboro sit-ins → location → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Erskine Bowles → placeOfBirth → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Carolina Cougars → homeCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
North Carolina A&T State University → city → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greensboro
North Carolina → containsCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greensboro
U.S. Route 29 → connectsCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Burlington, North Carolina → locatedNear → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
High Point, North Carolina → nearestMajorCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
High Point, North Carolina → borderedBy → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Lexington, North Carolina → nearbyCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Alamance County urban area → locatedNear → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Piedmont Triad → hasCentralCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Piedmont Triad → hasLargestCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Piedmont Triad → hasPrincipalCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Piedmont Triad → hasMajorCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Piedmont Triad → hasRegionalCenter → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Reidsville, North Carolina → locatedNear → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Thomasville, North Carolina → locatedNear → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Eden, North Carolina → nearestLargeCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Lorillard Tobacco Company → headquartersLocation → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Battle of Guilford Court House → presentDayLocation → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Crescent (train) → servesCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
subject surface form: Crescent
this entity surface form: Greensboro
Mebane, North Carolina → locatedBetween → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Diocese of North Carolina → territoryIncludes → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Interstate 85 → servesCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Interstate 40 → passesThroughCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Interstate 73 → passesNear → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Frank Lucas → placeOfUpbringing → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina → seat → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina → hasCourthouseIn → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Piedmont Crescent → hasMajorCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Greensboro Student Executive Committee for Justice → locatedIn → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Greensboro Student Executive Committee for Justice → regionServed → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
F. W. Woolworth store in Greensboro → locatedIn → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
F. W. Woolworth store in Greensboro → locatedIn → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: downtown Greensboro
International Civil Rights Center & Museum → locatedIn → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Honda Aircraft Company → headquartersLocation → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Ezell Blair Jr. → placeOfActivity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Ezell Blair Jr. → location → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
subject surface form: 1960 Greensboro sit-ins
Franklin McCain → placeOfDeath → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Franklin McCain → residence → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Franklin McCain → livedIn → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Jim Phillips → workLocation → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Siler City, North Carolina → locatedNear → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Carolinas → containsCity → Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ