"On this date in 1960, four African-American college students changed history by walking into the Woolworth’s Lunch Counter in Greensboro, North Carolina and taking seats in the all-white section. Sit-ins started happening throughout the South almost immediately, and by the summer of 1960, 33 Southern cities had integrated restaurants. A year later, that number had risen to 126.

In 1993, a group of local leaders in Greensboro got together and formed a non-profit called Sit-In Movement Inc. to try to preserve the Woolworth’s, which dates to 1929, and turn it into a museum. But the building was in a neglected part of downtown Greensboro and local officials didn’t think the restoration plan was feasible.

Then in 2004, Save America’s Treasures stepped in..."

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PreservationNation (2/1/2011)