Greensboro Sit-Ins: Launch of a Civil Rights Movement

This interactive project is dedicated to the Greensboro Sit-Ins. Originally created in 1998 and updated in 2004 the site provides a wealth of primary sources for those looking to research the sit-ins. With nearly one hundred audio recordings with sit-in participants the site contains video clips and a photo gallery. The section on the media provides newspaper articles from the 1960s about the sit-ins. The news stories are primarily from the News & Record, which chronicled the participants' reactions as they walked from East Market Street to the store where they sat without service the first day and many other days. This website is unique in that the viewer can hear the participants tell the stories themselves. The site also contains a timeline, resources available on the sit-ins at the Greensboro Public Library, an electronic bulletin board, where visitors can write what they think or remember about the sit-ins, and links to other civil rights and black history sites.