Village District in Raleigh in Wake County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Sitdowns

— NC Civil Rights Trail —

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 1, 2023

1. Sitdowns Marker

Inscription.
Protests against segregated lunch counters. Here, Feb. 1960, led to 41 arrests. Later acquittals marked noted civil rights victory.

Erected 2022 by N.C. African American Heritage Commission • William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 13.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights. In addition, it is included in the NC Civil Rights Trail, and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1960.

Location. 35° 47.385′ N, 78° 39.555′ W. Marker is in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Wake County. It is in the Village District. It is on Woodburn Road north of Clark Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 412 Woodburn Rd, Raleigh NC 27605, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont

and in the Research Triangle.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: North Carolina State University at Raleigh (approx. 0.3 miles away); Camp Bryan Grimes (approx. 0.4 miles away); George Thomas Morris and Snoopy (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Graves-Fields House (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Reverend Plummer T. Hall House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Memorial Belltower

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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Oberlin Village (approx. half a mile away); The Governor Morehead School (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Raleigh.

Also see . . . Cameron Village: Raleigh Sit-ins and the Civil Rights Movement. Inspired by the Greensboro February 1, 1960 sit-in, students from Shaw University and St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh quickly organized and staged a sit-in at Woolworth’s in Cameron Village on February 10, 1960. (Rebecca Dunhem, Clio: Your Guide to History, July 12, 2015) (Submitted on September 21, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 1, 2023

2. Sitdowns Marker

Students sit in at the Woolworths in Cameron Village, February 1960. image. Click for full size.

via The Clio, 1960

3. Students sit in at the Woolworths in Cameron Village, February 1960.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 21, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 372 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 21, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3. submitted on September 4, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.