Woolworth’s dominance was challenged by a boom in discount retailers, and by 1997 the company closed its 400 remaining U.S. stores. The last operating lunch counter, in Bakersfield, California ...

Apr 29, 2025 1 A section of the original lunch counter from the Greensboro Woolworth store has been on exhibit since the mid-1990s in the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian confirms the 1960 Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in display will remain at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Despite controversy, the Woolworth’s lunch counter exhibit at NMAAHC remains on display, securing a key piece of Civil Rights history.

Woolworth Lunch Counter stools are exhibited at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 14, 2016. Opening to the public September ...

Woolworth Lunch Counter stools are exhibited at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 14, 2016. Opening to the public September ...

Woolworth Lunch Counter stools are exhibited at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 14, 2016.

The lunch counter existed from the time that F.W. Woolworth opened in 1912 at 205 E. Douglas until it closed on Dec. 22, 1990, a month ahead of the 12,000 square-foot store.

The lunch counter existed from the time that F.W. Woolworth opened in 1912 at 205 E. Douglas until it closed on Dec. 22, 1990, a month ahead of the 12,000 square-foot store.

Garrett Davis’ documentary on Greensboro Woolworth 1960 lunch counter sit-in “The Man Behind the Counter” screens in Chapel Hill, NC.

Local He worked at Woolworth during famous Greensboro sit-in. Meet ‘The Man Behind the Counter’ By Josh Shaffer Updated February 26, 2025 10:02 AM GREENSBORO ...