International Civil Rights Center In Greensboro Plans Reopening

The International Civil Rights Center and Museum in downtown Greensboro is expected to reopen this summer. It's one of many buildings damaged during protests that were spurred by the police killing of George Floyd.

A front window is still boarded up after it was shattered during the demonstrations. The museum is also still trying to recover from a long pandemic-related closure.

But officials say they're working on a plan to open the doors once state restrictions are lifted.  That will include social distancing, mask-wearing, even some self-guided tours.

Co-Founder Melvin "Skip" Alston says the museum is a display of how young people from all races came together for equality and change. And he's looking forward to the reopening.

“That's a symbol for justice and peace and peaceful demonstration because of what happened there in 1960 when those four men sat down in a non-violent, peaceful protest,” he says. 

The International Civil Rights Center and Museum is housed in the former F.W. Woolworth building, home to the 1960 lunch counter sit-in. Four Black students from North Carolina A&T State University sat at a segregated lunch counter and refused to leave, sparking similar protests around the world.

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