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International Civil Rights Center & Museum

International Civil Rights Center & Museum

The Woolworth Building, where the famous Greensboro sit-in occurred in 1960, now houses this center for the promotion of civil and human rights.

The International Civil Rights Center & Museum is an archival center, collecting museum and teaching facility devoted to the international struggle for civil and human rights. The Museum celebrates the nonviolent protests of the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins, which served as a catalyst in the civil rights movement. The Museum complex includes 30,000 square feet of exhibit space and is located in the historic 1929 F.W. Woolworth building in Greensboro, N.C.

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