THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
In accordance with , this event has been cancelled.
The D&I Actionators are hosting a trip to the on Saturday, March 21, 2020. The entire NSOE community and families are invited but space is limited! NSOE will cover admission for NSOE students, staff, and faculty. Admissions for family members is $9 (free for 5 years and under). .
TRIP SCHEDULE
9:15 a.m.: Arrive at Nicholas School in front of Grainger Hall to board charter bus
9:45 a.m.: Depart Nicholas School for Greensboro
10:45 a.m.: Arrive at ICRCM and check-in
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.: Tour ICRCM
1:00 p.m.: Depart ICRCM
*Stop for lunch on the way back to Durham (not covered by NSOE)*
3:30 p.m.: Arrive back to Nicholas School
For questions, contact Danielle Wiggins at Danielle.Wiggins@duke.edu.
The International Civil Rights Center & Museum is an archival center, collecting museum and teaching facility devoted to the international struggle for civil and human rights. The Museum celebrates the nonviolent protests of the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins that served as a catalyst in the civil rights movement.
The Museum complex features educational exhibits, a gallery, auditorium, archival center and a proposed Joint Center for the Study of Human Rights. The Museum includes 30,000 square feet of exhibit space and is located in the historic 1929 F.W. Woolworth building in Greensboro, N.C.
The Museum features:
- Original lunch counter and stools where the Greensboro Four (Ezell Blair, Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil and David Richmond) began their protest on Feb. 1, 1960.
- Educational exhibits, including 14 signature exhibits devoted to the struggle of human and civil rights in the 鈥淏attlegrounds鈥 area of the Museum.
- State-of-art auditorium (seats 180)
- Archival center
- Gallery featuring traveling exhibits and community meeting space
- SIMI鈥檚 Room, a children鈥檚 education and activity center for K-12 students and educators
- A proposed Joint Center for the Study of Human Rights
- Administrative offices for Museum staff