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National Impact of the Woolworth Store, Site of the Greensboro Sit-In

This lesson is designed to introduce the events of the Greensboro Sit-In and understand its national impact on the Civil Rights Movement by looking at key primary sources.  Students will also take a look at the Woolworth Store as a national landmark and the historical significance it holds as well its role it plays in our local community as a symbol of the struggle for equality by African Americans.   This lesson could be incorporated easily into the Civil Rights Unit of the American History curriculum.