International Civil Rights Center and Museum

This article is about the work of the nonprofit organization Sit-in Movement, Inc. For the wave of sit-ins during the 1960s in the United States, see Sit-in movement.
International Civil Rights Center & Museum
International Civil Rights Center and Museum is located in North Carolina
International Civil Rights Center and Museum
Location in North Carolina
Established2010
Location134 S. Elm Street Greensboro, North Carolina
Coordinates36°04′18″N 79°47′25″W / 36.0717°N 79.7904°W / 36.0717; -79.7904
TypeCivil and political rights
Visitors70,000+/- annually
DirectorJohn Swaine
Websitewww.sitinmovement.org

The International Civil Rights Center & Museum (ICRCM) is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Its building formerly housed the Woolworth's, the site of a nonviolent protest in the civil rights movement. Four students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) started the Greensboro sit-ins at a "whites only" lunch counter on February 1, 1960. The four students were Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan), and David Richmond. The next day there were twenty students. The aim of the museum's founders is to ensure that history remembers the actions of the A&T Four, those who joined them in the daily Woolworth's sit-ins, and others around the country who took part in sit-ins and in the civil rights movement. The Museum is currently supported by earned admissions and Museum Store revenues. The project also receives donations from private donors as a means of continuing its operations. The museum was founded in 1993 and officially opened its doors fifty years to the day after the sit-in movements in Greensboro NC.