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Lunch counter stool from Greensboro, North Carolina sit-ins

Manufactured by: Chicago Hardware Foundry Co., American, founded 1900
Used by: F. W. Woolworth Company, American, 1879 - 1997

Medium: metal, wood, latex
Dimensions: H x W x D: 23 1/2 × 15 × 15 in. (59.7 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm)

Type: counter stools

Place used: Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1939-1960

Description: A salmon colored lunch counter stool from the F. W. Woolworth department store in Greensboro, North Carolina. The back rest and frame of the seat are chrome plated metal. The back rest is made of a middle rail with two spindles attached to a top rail that curves to connect to the chair seat. The seat has a plywood bottom and is attached to an iron tube. The iron tube and chair have been inserted into a reproduction metal base. A manufacturer’s tag is stapled to the bottom of the seat.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Segregation

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by the International Civil Rights Center & Museum, Greensboro, NC

Object number: 2015.226.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
Exhibition: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Lunch counter stool from Greensboro, North Carolina sit-ins

Manufactured by: Chicago Hardware Foundry Co., American, founded 1900
Subject of: F. W. Woolworth Company, American, 1879 - 1997

Medium: metal, wood, latex
Dimensions: H x W x D: 23 1/2 × 15 × 15 in. (59.7 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm)

Type: counter stools

Place collected: Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1939-1960

Description: A green lunch counter stool from the F. W. Woolworth department store in Greensboro, North Carolina. The back rest and frame of the seat are chrome plated metal. The back rest is made of a middle rail with two spindles attached to a top rail that curves to connect to the chair seat. The seat has a plywood bottom and is attached to an iron tube. The iron tube and chair have been inserted into a metal pedestal. A manufacturer’s tag is stapled to the bottom of the seat.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Segregation

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by the International Civil Rights Center & Museum, Greensboro, NC

Object number: 2015.226.2

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
Exhibition: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Hicks Family Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Hicks, Robert, American, 1929 - 2010; F. W. Woolworth Company, American, 1879 - 1997; Yates, Bill, American; Miller, Steve, American

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:34:42

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date: June 4, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.17.1a, 2011.174.17.1b, 2011.174.17.1c, 2011.174.17.1d, 2011.174.17.1e, 2011.174.17.1f, 2011.174.17.1g, 2011.174.17.1h, and 2011.174.17.1i.; The Hicks family remembers their childhood in segregated Bogalusa, Louisiana, and their father, Robert Hicks, a local civil rights leader. They recall leading a children's civil rights march in Bogalusa to protest discrimination at Woolworth's, hosting two white civil rights workers, Bill Yates and Steve Miller, and being protected by the Deacons of Defense and Justice. THIS INTERVIEW IS CURRENTLY RESTRICTED.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0017

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil rights; Law; Segregation; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.17.1a-i

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Esther M.A. Terry, Ph. D. Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Terry, Esther M. A. Ph. D., American, born 1939
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Bennett College, American, founded 1873; F. W. Woolworth Company, American, 1879 - 1997; North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, American, founded 1890; Player, Willa Beatrice, American, 1909 - 2003; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, American, founded 1789; University of Massachusets Amherst, American, founded 1863

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:16:28

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Wise, Warren County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 6, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.28.1a, 2011.174.28.1b, 2011.174.28.1c, 2011.174.28.1d, 2011.174.28.1e, 2011.174.28.1f, 2011.174.28.1g, 2011.174.28.1h, 2011.174.28.1i, 2011.174.28.1j.; Esther M. A. Terry Ph.D. remembers growing up in Wise, North Carolina, and attending Bennett College. She recalls planning the Greensboro Woolworth's sit-in with students from the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina (later North Carolina A &T University), being arrested for her participation, and the support of the Bennett College President, Dr. Willa Player. She also discusses attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for her master's degree, and founding the African American Studies program at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst campus), where she earned her Ph.D. and taught for many years.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0028

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil rights; Education; Resistance; Social reform; United States--History--1953-1961

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.28.1a-j

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Audrey Nell Hamilton and JoeAnn Anderson Ulmer Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Hamilton, Audrey Nell, American; Ulmer, JoeAnn Anderson, American
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Hayling, Robert Bagner D.D., American, 1929 - 2015; F. W. Woolworth Company, American, 1879 - 1997; Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968; Robinson, Jackie, American, 1919 - 1972

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:06:20

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 13, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.44.1a and 2011.174.44.1b.; Audrey Hamilton and JoeAnn Ulmer recall growing up in St. Augustine, Florida, and participating in sit-ins led by Robert Hayling, D.D. at Woolworth's drug store as teenagers. They recall serving a sentence in jail, attending reform school, and meeting Martin Luther King, Jr., and Jackie Robinson.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0044

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Civil rights; Prisons; Resistance; Segregation; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969; Youth

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.44.1ab

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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