Fifty years ago, the F.W. Woolworth building in Greensboro, N.C., stood as a reminder of segregated life in the south. Today, the building stands as a monument to the power of human courage and its ability to bring about social change. On February 1, 2010, fifty years after the first sit-ins took place at the Woolworth's lunch counter, the International Civil Rights Center and Museum opened in the building, receiving national attention.

Read about the building's significance from the National Register of Historic Places

Take a video tour inside the museum here

View the museum's floor plan here

See a slideshow of photos here

Here are several articles about the Woolworth's building and the museum's opening.

• Civil rights museum now speaks for the Greensboro Four (USA Today 01/29/10)
  
• Museum reveres birth of a protest   (News & Observer 01/31/09)
• Four Men, a Counter and Soon, Revolution   (The New York Times 01/31/10)
• International Civil Rights Museum Hosts Opening Ceremonies (Contract Magazine 02/01/10)
• Tax credit sale propels civil rights museum (News & Record 02/01/10)
• 'Countless acts of heroism'   (News & Record 02/02/10)