BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Wallace H. Coulter Unity Square

DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Wallace H. Coulter Unity Square:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SIAHSQ_170628_001.JPG: Greensboro Lunch Counter Student Sit-In: In Greensboro, hundreds of students, civil rights organizations, churches, and members of the community joined in a six-month-long protest. Their commitment ultimately led to the desegregation of the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter on July 25, 1960. Their success led others to make similar demands. Sit-ins in fifty-four cities over the next few months brought national attention to the injustice of racial segregation. These protests helped recruit a new generation of civil rights activists and led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which finally outlawed racial segregation in public accommodations.
2. SIAHSQ_170628_019.JPG: A sit-in demonstration in Jackson, Mississippi, May 28, 1963. (Joan Trumpauer Mulholland is the woman in the Princess Leia hairdo getting stuff poured on her.)
3. SIAHSQ_170628_030.JPG: In February 1960, four college students in Greensboro, North Carolina, started a revolution...
4. SIAHSQ_170628_043.JPG: Joseph McNeil Civil Rights Leader Joseph McNeil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Alfred McNeil (born March 25, 1942) is a retired major general in the United States Air Force who is best known as a member of the Greensboro Four; a group of African American college students who, on February 1, 1960, sat down at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina challenging the store's policy of denying service to non-white customers.
5. SIAHSQ_170628_117.JPG: Greensboro Lunch Counter Student Sit-In Racial segregation was still legal in the United States when on February 1, 1960, four African America college students sat down at this Woolworth counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. When the students politely asked for service at this "whites only" counter, their request was refused. When asked to leave, they remained in their seats. Their sit-in drew national attention and helped ignite a youth-led movement to challenge racial inequality throughout the South.
6. SIAHSQ_170628_123.JPG: David L. Richmond, Franklin E. McCain, Ezell A. Blair Jr., and Joseph A. McNeil leave the Woolworth store after the first sit-in. On the second day of the Greensboro sit-in, Joseph A. McNeil and Franklin E. McCain are joined by William Smith and Clarence Hennderson.
7. SIAHSQ_170629_13.JPG: First Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln Washington, DC, March 4, 1861 by Alexander Gardner
8. SIAHSQ_170629_24.JPG: World War I Liberty Bond drive Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation Deane Works, Holyoke, Massachusetts, April 15, 1918
9. SIAHSQ_170629_37.JPG: Flag Raising Camp Lichtman, Virginia by Scurlock Studio
10. SIAHSQ_170629_50.JPG: Woman's Suffrage Pickets Washington, DC, February 14, 1917
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Description of Subject Matter: Wallace H. Coulter Unity Square
From the halls of Congress to the community centers in our smallest towns, America was and continues to be built by the participation of its people. Wallace H. Coulter Unity Square, at the heart of NMAH’s second floor transformation, is where history will inspire you to participate—in the museum and in civic life.

The Greensboro Lunch Counter:
At the heart of Unity Square sits one of the Museum’s treasured artifacts, the Greensboro lunch counter. Racial segregation was still legal in the United States on February 1, 1960, when four African American college students sat down at this Woolworth counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. When the students politely asked for service at this “whites only” counter, their request was refused. When asked to leave, they remained in their seats. Their sit-in drew national attention and helped ignite a youth-led movement to challenge racial inequality throughout the South. A new interactive theater program, “The Nation We Build Together,” will bring the story of the lunch counter to life several times a day.

American Experiments:
Unity Square is home to American Experiments, a set of activities that invite you to explore, play, and connect with the people around you. Four experiments bring to life the themes of the surrounding exhibitions—participation, commitment, negotiation, voting, protest, and pluralism. You’ll reflect on the history of the nation we build together and consider your own role in creating the nation of tomorrow.
“American Experiments” was developed by the National Museum of American History in collaboration with the Exploratorium of San Francisco, and was made possible by a gift from the Julie and Greg Flynn Family Fund.

Photo Murals:
Four historical images from the museum’s collection frame Unity Square—each depicting people coming together to participate in civic activity, from protest to celebration.

First inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
Washington, D.C., Marc ...More...
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