[PAR] [TLE] Downtown Greensboro Historic District [SEP] Downtown Greensboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina.  The district encompasses 96 contributing buildings in the central business district of Greensboro.  The commercial buildings were built between about 1885 and the 1930s in a variety of popular architectural styles including Italianate and Art Deco.  Located in the district is the separately listed Jefferson Standard Building.  Other notable buildings include the Vanstory Building (c. 1885), Kress Building (1929), Woolworth's (c. 1929), Efrid's Department Store (c. 1930), Montgomery Ward (1936), the Carolina Theatre (1927), Center Theatre (1948), the former Belk Building (1939), Ellis Stone/Thalhimer's Department (1949-1950), and the former American Exchange National Bank Building (1920).  The Woolworth's store is notable as the site of the Greensboro sit-ins of 1960. [PAR] [TLE] Greensboro sit-ins [SEP] The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, which led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States.  While not the first sit-in of the Civil Rights Movement, the Greensboro sit-ins were an instrumental action, and also the most well-known sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement.  These sit-ins led to increased national sentiment at a crucial period in US history.  The primary event took place at the Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth store, now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.
[PAR] [TLE] Downtown Greensboro Historic District [ SEP ] Downtown Greensboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Greensboro , Guilford County , North Carolina . The district encompasses 96 contributing buildings in the central business district of Greensboro . The commercial buildings were built between about 1885 and the 1930s in a variety of popular architectural styles including Italianate and Art Deco . Located in the district is the separately listed Jefferson Standard Building . Other notable buildings include the Vanstory Building ( c. 1885 ) , Kress Building ( 1929 ) , Woolworth 's ( c. 1929 ) , Efrid 's Department Store ( c. 1930 ) , Montgomery Ward ( 1936 ) , the Carolina Theatre ( 1927 ) , Center Theatre ( 1948 ) , the former Belk Building ( 1939 ) , Ellis Stone / Thalhimer 's Department ( 1949 - 1950 ) , and the former American Exchange National Bank Building ( 1920 ) . The Woolworth 's store is notable as the site of the Greensboro sit - ins of 1960 . [PAR] [TLE] Greensboro sit - ins [ SEP ] The Greensboro sit - ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro , North Carolina , in 1960 , which led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States . While not the first sit - in of the Civil Rights Movement , the Greensboro sit - ins were an instrumental action , and also the most well - known sit - ins of the Civil Rights Movement . These sit - ins led to increased national sentiment at a crucial period in US history . The primary event took place at the Greensboro , North Carolina , Woolworth store , now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum .
Downtown Greensboro Historic District is home to the location of what series of nonviolent protests in 1960
Downtown Greensboro Historic District is home to the location of what series of nonviolent protests in 1960
Greensboro sit-ins
Greensboro sit-ins