february of 1964, african-american college students sat down at a whites only lunch counter in greensboroed to be served. well, they weren't. what began at that woolworth's lunch counter ignited a movement. here's nbc's reporter in greensboro on the 25th anniversary of that historic sit-in. >> it's almost impossible now to believe that, you know, it started here at this counter. >> reporter: it started with richmond and three other black students who had the nerve to ask for food where only whites were permitted to sit and spread within 54 cities within days and contributed to a movement that started the change the country's mind about civil rights. >> while that peaceful protest movement worked, that woolworth's lunch counter was deseg gra dated on july tath, 1960 and a piece of that historic counter is now in display at the smithsonian. we'll be back with more from austin on this beautiful campus of the university of texas. he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started

the university was on lock down after reports of a gunman on the greensboro campus but now the police there giving the all-clear, again the all-clear at north carolina a and t state university. >>> the supreme court set to weigh in on whether police can go through the contents of your cell phone if you're arrested. the court taking up that issue tomorrow. under existing law people can search a person under arrest, checking their wallet or purse. question whether your cell phone fair game. violates fourth amendment rights to privacy. >> remembering the holocaust. people on the sidewalks and streets standing silent for two minutes observing this, the ringing of eight raid sirens. it takes place every year on holocaust remembrance day, began at sundown on sunday. >>> president shimon perez and benjamin netanyahu. many holocaust survivors are living in israel. nick schifrin takes a look at a new exhibit. >> each one watched the 20th are day's darkest days. each one survived and said their struggle is not over. >> i hope people will never forget. together as a group of 140 holocaust surviv

el paso, nashville and birmingham and greensboro. >> are we seeing that the cities and counties are doing the same model in san francisco, does that model vary greatly. here i see the list, includes nonprofits or are we seeing for profits and does that skew the models? >> what you see is people tailoring to resources in their community. san francisco has a housing trust fund, and not many cities have that, it's a source for potential financing. and tax credits, and there is a number of ways that cities develop their program. you will use what we call project-based vouchers. and others choose what makes sense for their needs for repair. hard to say there is any one particular model. >> okay, looking around the country, are we seeing any main organization or company that is taking a large chunk of rad ownership or management? >> you know not that ti -- that i know of. there are for-profit developers who are appearing that have experience managing these developments through hope 6 or choice applications. i don't know that their is one particular company doing the bulk of the deals. >> and he

. >> rochester, new york, historically an industrial place, and greensboro, north carolina, you talkedabout decisions made some time ago. you've been on that counse council in years gone by and you've been an an advocate for some time what contributes to this? >> i think that in some way we've created a culture. long term residents, there is a commitment in each individual household to make some sort of contribution. it shows up when we get together to discuss the design of a building. it's a question of sustainability. let me backtrack, it's one of the big things these days is mixed use. no one is going to be like new york city, and let's recognize it in many ways new york city is one of the greenest in the united states because on a per capita basis it's going off less car upon than anyone else. it's mixed use putting retailing in over the house above. it's the notion that we're going to try to utilize the infrastructure of the city as much as we can. we made decisions in the 60s and 1970s that as a capitol city we were not going to end up like washington, d.c. where at 6:00 and 7:00

you've heard of the marches in selma, the clashes in birmingham, and the lunch counter sit-ins in greensborobut do you know what happened here in san francisco? >> this building is one of the most important site in civil rights history. >> reporter: and it happened 50 years ago today. >> this event had a very significant but unrecognized impact on history. >> reporter: by the spring of 1964, the bay area's civil rights movement had enough momentum to mount its first large protest. a massive demonstration at the palace hotel one of the many san francisco businesses that refused to hire african- americans. and it worked. >> so after the palace hotel, the next stop was cadillac. and what they did, they just came in and they basically got in the way. >> reporter: and once again, it worked. >> the entire auto industry entered into agreements to hire more african-americans. >> reporter: a historian says photographs from that day reveal the secret to the movement's success. >> you remember in '63, they got dogs and fire hoses in birmingham. in san francisco, 226 people get arrested, next week there

the civil rights movement where you would get these innovative new strategies -- for example, in greensboro-ins. people would pick those up and use them in their own communities. >> former president bill clinton was in south carolina this week. he spoke to students. let's listen to a little bit of what he had to say. >> if we'd had a meeting like this 40 years ago, we couldn't have filled this auditorium. and it wouldn't have been necessary. we'd just have a smaller meeting with people in town that had money. most of them would look like me. old, gray-haired white guys in suits. this crowd is younger. it has more women. it has more diversity than it would have had. that's a good thing. >> kate, demographics of eligible voters are changing. but demographics of those elected in the south seem to be staying the same. why is that? >> well, one of the things you've seen in the south is you've seen a big influx of northern retirees coming in that aren't exactly social conservative but a physical conservative. some moderates have been attracted to the party. that's certainly upped our numbers in t

first call this morning comes from julia, a democrat in greensboro, north carolina. good morning, julius. what is a public policy that is on your mind? i want to let the people know that the aca is working and karl rove, i don't know why he wants to come up. and say that he couldn't get 7 million people, but he did. want to thank all the democrats and let people know that the aca is working. billy, miami, independent. good morning. caller: i have an issue around gay people. i my partner and i have been together until his death in 1999. we ran a business together, we own a home, we have a mortgage is like everybody else. saying that iis was not entitled to benefits because we were not married. i ofnk is a complete rip off this country by taking the taxes of gay people and not giving them benefits like are harder like heterosexual counterparts. thank you and have a great day. host: up next is rich in kingsport, tennessee. to bring up the issue that was discussed in the day about the limits on campaign opinions and the scotus . i keep hearing people saying that politici

tim, greensboro, north carolina. independent line. respond in ated to nonpolitical manner. am familiar with the community college of allegheny county. i worked there for a number of years. the spain what did you do? ofler: i was the dean continuing education and i was very much involved in the the jobs training programs. , indeed, do work. the model is simple. we went to employers and ask trainers, if they were to some people themselves, and we were to train some people, what -- who would they be more inclined to hire. he said they would be more inclined to hire the people they trained. we took on the task of identifying people who were certainworking at positions and we took some of those persons and trained them, since they already knew how to do the job. we trained them how to teach. it did not take long to do that. many of them became the instructors thawho taught new job.e who t how to do the host: how long did the training take? few weeks,much as a sometimes as little as three weeks. sometimes as much as a year. host: thank you. we're going to move on. we appreciate t