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Irving Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 164 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, 2 contributing structures, and 2 contributing objects in an affluent planned suburb of Greensboro. It developed around the Greensboro Country Club.
February One (also referred to as the A&T Four Monument) is the name of the 2002 monument dedicated to Ezell Blair Jr., Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil and David Richmond who were collectively known as the Greensboro Four.
Joseph Alfred McNeil (born March 25, 1942) is a retired major general in the United States Air Force who is best known for being a member of the Greensboro Four—a group of African American college students who, on February 1, 1960, sat down at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, challenging the store's policy of denying service to non-white customers.
The church vacated the property in 1929, and in 1937-1938 it was renovated and enlarged as the Richardson Civic Center and donated to the city of Greensboro. It subsequently housed the Greensboro Public Library, the Greensboro Historical Museum, and the Greensboro Art Center. [ 3 ]
February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four is a 2003 documentary film by Rebecca Cerese and Steven Channing.Nationally broadcast on Independent Lens on PBS, it tells the story of The Greensboro Four, four young college freshman, Joseph McNeil, David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Ezell Blair, Jr. now Jibreel Khazan, who staged a sit-in at Woolworth's in 1960 to protest segregation practices.
A look at the players and coaches chosen for the South Carolina and North Carolina squads for this year’s Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas. The game will be played Dec. 16 at Spartanburg High School.
South Greensboro Historic District, also known as the Asheboro Street Historic District, is a national historic district located in the Southside neighborhood, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 327 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 10 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in a ...
Seizing Justice: The Greensboro 4 is a 2010 television documentary film by Lynn Kessler for the Smithsonian Channel.It tells the story of The Greensboro Four through photographs, archival footage and interviews from Joseph McNeil, David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Jibreel Khazan, three of the four men who began the sit-in at Woolworth's in 1960 to protest segregation practices.