* Ezell A. Blair, Jr., One of The Greensboro Four, male African-American student from North Carolina A & T State University who in 1960 started the first civil rights sit-in ; action eventually led to lunch counters and restaurants being desegregated throughout the Southern United States, attended Dudley.

* Franklin McCain, One of The Greensboro Four, male African-American student from North Carolina A & T State University who in 1960 started the first civil rights sit-in ; action eventually led to lunch counters and restaurants being desegregated throughout the Southern United States, attended Dudley.

* Joseph McNeil, One of The Greensboro Four, male African-American student from North Carolina A & T State University who in 1960 started the first civil rights sit-in ; action eventually led to lunch counters and restaurants being desegregated throughout the Southern United States

* David Richmond, One of The Greensboro Four, male African-American student from North Carolina A & T State University who in 1960 started the first civil rights sit-in ; action eventually led to lunch counters and restaurants being desegregated throughout the Southern United States, attended Dudley.

Village 401: Greensboro College has the unique distinction of being located in downtown Greensboro, the center of finance, commerce, government, culture, health and human services, as well as a reviving residential and shopping area.

It was established in 1771, and today contains the cities of Greensboro and High Point, being the third most populous county in North Carolina.

After being founded in Brooklyn, New York, the company's headquarters were in Allentown, Pennsylvania from 1905 to 2009, when they moved to Greensboro, North Carolina.

He practiced law in Greensboro, North Carolina for twenty years before being elected to an eight-year term on the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 2002.

When Columbus Mudcats owner Steve Bryant moved the club to North Carolina in 1991, he wanted a new facility that was deemed to be outside the territories of other minor league clubs in the state ( including the Greensboro club, which he also owned ) while also being easily accessible by the public.

The white tower stacks of the Jackson Library and the Spartan water tower are recognizable structures in the Greensboro community, and the campus is also home to " the Rawk " and the clock tower — two campus landmarks — and school traditions ( See Traditions below ).

Faunsdale is home to a medium-sized community of Amish Mennonites and the only Amish Mennonite community in this area of Alabama outside of Greensboro, Alabama.

The town is largely regarded as a suburb of Greensboro and as development has grown, the town has slowly transformed from a rural farming area into a bedroom community.

The many historical and conservation projects completed by the Greensboro community exemplify the fostering of private and public partnerships in a rural community.

In 1987, Greensboro native Mrs. Betty Longo began to record, in longhand, the memories of Mrs. Mary Black Carr, an elderly resident of the community.

Greensboro hence has a proven track record of using state and local programs to preserve and educate the residents about the history and importance of their community.

Outside of southeast Asia, the largest community of Montagnards in the world is located in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Greensboro College, an independent, coeducational college affiliated with the United Methodist Church, is an academic and social community that unites the liberal arts and Judeo-Christian values in an atmosphere of diversity and mutual respect.

Religious Life: Greensboro College is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and offers an academic and social community that unites the liberal arts and Judeo-Christian values in an atmosphere of diversity and mutual respect.

* Warren Ashby Residential College at Mary Foust Hall, a living-learning community located on the campus of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, which had already begun to deteriorate, rapidly declined.

Mack's parent, Volvo Trucks, already has its North American base in Greensboro.

The movement then spread to other Southern cities including Richmond, Virginia, and Nashville, Tennessee where the students of the Nashville Student Movement had been trained for a sit-in by civil rights activist James Lawson and had already started the process when Greensboro occurred.

Two other stations owned by Citicasters, WBRC ( channel 6 ) in Birmingham and WGHP ( channel 8 ) in Greensboro, North Carolina, were placed in a blind trust and later sold directly to Fox ; in the case of WBRC, it was because New World already owned Birmingham's NBC affiliate WVTM ( channel 13 ) after its purchase of Argyle Television and could not keep it due to FCC rules at the time that did not permit television duopolies.

New Garden Friends Meeting, established in 1754, still operates in Greensboro.

Greensboro College, established by the Methodist Church through a charter secured in 1838, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States.

The Greensboro Historic District was established in 1995 and is roughly bounded by County, Second, Walnut, Front and Clear Streets and the Monongahela River.

The new party established branches in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Greensboro, West Virginia, Colorado and other locations.

It was the first completely interracial church established in Greensboro following the emergence of the Civil Rights

This positive reception for Brown, together with the appointment of African American Dr. David Jones to the school board in 1953, convinced numerous white and black citizens that Greensboro was heading in a forward direction and would likely emerge as a leader in school integration.

The Civil Rights Movement received an infusion of energy with a student sit-in at a Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina.

* 1938 ( 8 ) Bing Crosby Pro-Am, Greater Greensboro Open, Chicago Open, Canadian Open, Westchester 108 Hole Open, White Sulphur Springs Open, Inverness Invitational Four-Ball ( with Vic Ghezzi ), Palm Beach Round Robin

* 1950 ( 11 ) Los Angeles Open, Bing Crosby Pro-Am ( tie with Jack Burke, Jr., Smiley Quick, Dave Douglas ), Texas Open, Miami Beach Open, Greater Greensboro Open, Western Open, Colonial National Invitation, Inverness Invitational Four-Ball ( with Jim Ferrier ), Reading Open, North and South Open, Miami Open

* Chan Marshall lead singer for Cat Power lived in Greensboro with her mother as a teenager in the late 1980s.

Amtrak's daily Crescent, Carolinian and Piedmont trains connect Greensboro with the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Virginia, Raleigh, North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, Atlanta, Birmingham, Alabama and New Orleans.

R. S. Pullen and R. T. Gray gave the original site in Greensboro, N. C. where the first building was erected with state funds totaling $ 30, 000.

The intercollegiate athletics program at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro reaches as far back as the late 1940s during the days of the WCUNC, with students participating in national golf tournaments in 1948 and the school hosting the national tournaments for women's golf ( 1954 ) and tennis ( 1965 ).

In North Carolina, I-40 merges with I-85 between Greensboro and Hillsborough, just west of Durham.

There is a public transport system in Boone provided by Appalcart that services the downtown and some outlying areas, with special routes to rural areas and intercity transit routes to Wilkes, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Lenoir, Hickory, Lincolnton, Gastonia and Charlotte for a small fee.

The Crescent train connects Charlotte with New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Charlottesville, and Greensboro to the north, and Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans to the south.

The Carolinian train connects Charlotte with New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Durham and Greensboro.

The Piedmont train connects Charlotte with Raleigh, Durham and Greensboro.

Additionally, Amtrak stops in Greensboro with service to Atlanta and New Orleans.

In 1781, during the Revolutionary War, British General Cornwallis ' army camped near the settlement and commandeered provisions from local farms and mills prior to his engagement with Nathanael Greene's troops at New Garden, in modern day Greensboro.

In the 1880s, Greensboro essentially lost the pottery and clay tile market due to more efficient producers, and with the extension of slack water transportation to Morgantown became a more localized port.

Coal became King, and with Western Pennsylvania as his Capital, it was only logical that Greensboro became part of this movement.

Early on in the town ’ s history, pottery became an important part of Greensboro ’ s economic base, with the first operation owned and operated by Alexander Vance.

Vance settled in Greensboro in the early 19th century, while still very young, and began a small pottery trade operation with his brother James.

The use of coal instead of the wood used at New Geneva greatly facilitated glass production and its great abundance at Greensboro along with the nearby sand deposits supplied the works with most of the necessary raw materials until they closed in 1849.

Greensboro has demonstrated a proven history of collaboration and cooperation by working with varied organizations, often on multiple projects.

Beginning with these early acts of preservation, Greensboro has worked collectively to maintain its heritage by using all resources available.