sit ins

Jibreel Khazan, a member of the Greensboro Four, shared his story of leading sit-ins at segregated lunch counters in 1960s North Carolina during the state Trial Court’s annual Cultural Appreciation Week, believed to be the largest celebration of its kind in any court system in the country.

More than seven decades ago, a tavern once located on this grassy intersection witnessed what many believe was the nascent rumblings of the post-World War II civil rights revolution that brought down the formal structure of American apartheid and moved the nation closer to the redeeming promise of “all men are created equal.”