Greensboro gushes Black beauty and culture but is also home to North Carolina A&T University, which ignited the Civil Rights Movement when four black students sat at a whites-only lunch counter.

History
Quaker cousins Levi & Vestal Coffin formed the Grand Central Terminal of the Underground Railroad in the Greensboro-High Point area.

Cultural Sites
International Civil Rights Center & Museum evolved from the historic F.W. Woolworth Building.

Restaurants
The dining and black-owned choices are slim but fruitful.

Shops
Black-owned Greensboro shops took a beating through the pandemic, here’s what’s left.

Heritage Sites
The First Lunch Counter Sit-in energized the Civil Rights Movement became with non-violent activism.

General Attractions
The Downtown Arts District with General Historical Museum and Blandwood Mansion make for afternoon sites.

Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-Ins
On 1 February 1960, four courageous North Carolina A&T students sat at the segregated Woolworth lunch counter.

Family Attractions
A children’s museum, toy museum, water park, science center & miniature golf courses dot the region.

Arts
A National Historic Landmark, Blandwood is transformed from an antebellum plantation mansion that today hoses antique furnishings, some by black craftsmen.

Trivia & Famous Residents
In this 1.2 million pop. metro area, about 230,000 residents are African American and many attended HBCUs.