Kamala Harris Visits Historic Woolworth's Lunch Counter Where Sit-In Movement Began
In a surprise stop during a visit to Greensboro, North Carolina, on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris dropped in on the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.
The museum houses what remains of the Woolworth’s five-and-dime where, on Feb. 1, 1960, four Black college students sat at a lunch counter and politely asked for service ― a revolutionary act at the time.
They were rebuffed, but they returned to the whites-only lunch counter day after day in increasing numbers, popularizing the sit-in movement that spread quickly across the South.
Harris reportedly sat in the seat once occupied by Rosa Parks when she visited the museum in the 1990s.
Vice President Harris today at the Woolworth’s lunch counter where the 1960 Greensboro student sit-in took place pic.twitter.com/WAxq690fDo
— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) April 19, 2021
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This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.