On February 1, 1960, four young Black men sat down at a Woolworth\'s Lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and staged a nonviolent protest against segregation.
How did it become a symbol of Civil rights? Find out the answer to this question and more about What an Artifact can Tell us about history..
In just six months, the Greensboro Woolworth\'s Lunch counter was integrated.
Soon, thousands of students were staging sit-ins across the South.
At that time, most Lunch counters in the South did not serve Black people.
On February 1, 1960, four young Black men sat down at a Woolworth\'s Lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and staged a nonviolent protest against segregation