unmentionables. this envelope which would have be used -- perhaps tickets, important documents. there are few things that exist of dolley's due to circumstances and which are at the end of her piecesat to have these and the very items is a real treasure, and there aren't very many pieces that exist that can be attributed to her and her family. lady, and was bornth carolina' in guilford county, we feel honored to be able to share and tell the story with the as well as other items from other family descendents.

>> in 1960, civil rights activist began nonviolent protests against racial segregation at the woolworth department store in greensboro, north carolina. african-americans would sit at whites only counters and ask to be served. ine on the sit-ins greensboro. >> 1, 2010. the museum tells the story of the citians that happened in this city, which launched a wave of anti-segregation since across the south. this building once housed the woolworth store. deena: what happened here in 1960, february 1, four young men chose that day to make a stand, really to take a seat so the

rest of us would be able to do that. a stand against jim crow, against segregation, against whites only access to public accommodations, and to being seen as a first-class citizen. they came here to this lunch counter to sit down, to be treated like a first-class citizen and be served against their policies and practices. this in the museum is the actual lunch counter area that has been preserved. there have been some seeds that have been taken out in other areas -- seats that have been taken out in other areas, such as the smithsonian. the four young men that sat in hereo us about around where they sat. a lot of the things you will see here are the actual advertisements around different menu items they offered and prices. young gentlemen were franklin mccain,, joseph mcneil, david richman.

they were freshmen at a historically black college and university here in greensboro, north carolina. they came to the woolworth store and sat at the lunch counter and ask to order some coffee and a piece of pie. the response was really mixed. you boys go on from here. another waitress was saying something like, you know we don't serve colored people here. they came to sit down, to take that first step in that and that other people were demonstration going to be ongoi, wanting to get involved. there were other adults, other students who said we want to be part of this. students from what is university of north carolina-greensboro bu they talked about being afraid, but they also talked about what i would fear is the way they finally decided to come here and take the step that day. they talked about the community,

they talked about law enforcement, they talked about the police, what would be the reaction. they talked about the consequences, they talked about their futures. they had been advised, they had been counseled, they had been encouraged, they had been trained about what was going to happen to them there, that they would go through these mock experiences where people are going to be calling you names. people are going to be spitting on you. people may be chanting things and getting in your face. there may be a physical experience you have with someone. there were mixed reactions in greensboro. a lot of people felt like this is just the way things are. you keep the peace and you just except that's the way things are. other people feel that this isn't right great and so there were mixed reactions to this. there are some people, white and black, that encourage and said , and let their support -- there were other

people who said, you are just starting trouble, this isn't good, it's just going to create more attention around here, and so there were mixed reactions to that. i think there were around the country. when the sit in's sparked this ogue and this discussion, this frustration about what is it we are going to do, there were requests made that while we are in negotiations, if we can not have the demonstrations -- negotiations went on for some time, and that all parties agreed they would not participate in the demonstrations at that point, and the decision was made to desegregate the lunch counter. once you set a president like that, it gets to be used and is leverage. it gets to be used as leverage to change people's minds and practices. aree kinds of things catalysts and they are important to start that domino effect of equity, a quality, access and justice. the fact that this happened in greensboro is an incredible,

immediate sense of how to interpret and understand what we are going through today, to be able to come to this museum, to go on this tour, to look at the different exhibits, to hear the reenactments, to be able to see the photograph, and to have an incredibly personal experience, a very compelling and provocative experience here, gives us the courage to say, what must we do going forward? this place provides the contextual information to understand why we have racial inequities today. wide we have the achievement gap where students of color, particularly african americans, are on the bottom. why do we have racial and ethnic disparities in health care? we have this place right here where we can put our hands on it and we can come and be not only in that physical place, but be in that interpretive space.

the actions those young men took on that day and the fact we were able to memorialize that in this museum gives us an opportunity to ask ourselves, what is my lunch counter issue? what would i be demonstrating? if those young men were here today, what would they say institutionally, societally needs to be addressed, and what would be the strategy for that? more about the greensboro ci tiesit-ins.