Civil Rights Excursion
Civil Rights Excursion
Saturday, March 1st, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
International Civil Rights Center & Museum, plus Gilespie Golf Course and the “Greensboro Six” Mural
- International Civil Rights Center & Museum in downtown Greensboro, named a National Historic Site by the National Park Service in December 2024, is housed in the Woolworth’s store where the “NC A&T Four” started a sit-in at the whites-only lunch counter in peaceful protest. In addition to the restored lunch counter, the museum includes multiple exhibits and artifacts from the Civil Rights era of the 1950’s-60’s. There will be a 90 minute guided tour by one of the Center’s ambassadors.
- Gillespie Golf Course and the “Greensboro Six” Mural, also in Greensboro, is the site of another peaceful protest. In December 1955, six black men paid their green fee and began playing golf at a public golf course. They were arrested and jailed for exercising their right to play golf at a public course. Ryan Wilson, Executive Director of First Tee Central, will share the history of the “Greensboro Six”, and how the mural came to be.
