Greensboro

For me the big takeaway for the day is the courage it took for the A&T Four to sit down at that lunch counter in the Greensboro Woolworths on Feb. 1, 1960.  While I knew about the sit-ins and many of the other events that took place during the Civil Rights Movement, there was something visceral in visiting the Greensboro International Civil Rights Museum and seeing not only the lunch counter, but also the images of Jim Crow south, the pages from The Green Book (a listing of safe places for Black travelers to stay in, restaurants to eat at, etc.), the pictures of lynchings, burning crosses, and, especially, the body of Emmett Till.  All of this gave a context for the times and made me realize the depth of Joseph McNeil's, Franklin McCain's, David Richmond's, and Ezell Blair's commitment and the guts it took on that first day for them to sit at the counter.  

Bonnie
Park School Chaperone