F. W. Woolworth store in Greensboro
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The F. W. Woolworth store in Greensboro is the historic downtown lunch-counter site where the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins helped ignite the national civil rights sit-in movement.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| F. W. Woolworth store on South Elm Street | 1 |
| Greensboro Four Woolworth’s Sit-In Site | 1 |
| Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial building
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former department store ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Art Deco ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
David Richmond
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Ezell Blair Jr. ⓘ
surface form:
Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan)
Franklin McCain ⓘ Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ
surface form:
Greensboro Four
Joseph McNeil ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Greensboro, North Carolina
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Civil rights movement landmarks ⓘ Department stores on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina ⓘ |
| closed | 1993 ⓘ |
| convertedTo | International Civil Rights Center & Museum ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 36.0706°N 79.7913°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse | museum building ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1 February 1960 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
lunch counter
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segregated lunch counter (historical) ⓘ |
| hasPlaque | historical marker describing 1960 sit-ins ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 1993 ⓘ |
| inception | 1929 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greensboro, North Carolina
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Guilford County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form:
downtown Greensboro
|
| mediaTypeDepicting | photographs of Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ |
| movement | civil rights movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in American civil rights movement
ⓘ
site of 1960 Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ |
| opened | 1929 ⓘ |
| openingEvent | construction completed 1929 ⓘ |
| operator |
Woolworth
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surface form:
F. W. Woolworth Company
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| owner | International Civil Rights Center & Museum ⓘ |
| partOf | Greensboro Commercial Historic District ⓘ |
| preservedFeature |
original lunch counter
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stools used during sit-ins ⓘ |
| significance | helped ignite national civil rights sit-in movement ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Greensboro sit-ins
ⓘ
civil rights sit-in movement ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 132 South Elm Street ⓘ |
| theme | U.S. civil rights history ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| use |
lunch counter service (historical)
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museum exhibitions (current) ⓘ retail store (historical) ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Greensboro Four Woolworth’s Sit-In Site
this entity surface form:
F. W. Woolworth store on South Elm Street
Greensboro Student Executive Committee for Justice
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locationOfActivity
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F. W. Woolworth store in Greensboro
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this entity surface form:
Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro