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* July 25 – The Woolworth Company's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, the location of a sit-in that had sparked demonstrations by Negroes across the Southern United States, serves a meal to its first black customer.
In one interview, Mickey stated that the people of Greensboro had " gone out of their way to make me feel welcome, and I've found something there I haven't enjoyed since I was a kid.
However, Triangle-area fans balked at making the drive down I-40 to Greensboro, and fans from the Piedmont Triad mostly refused to support a lame-duck team that had displaced the longtime Greensboro / Carolina Monarchs minor-league franchise.
Greensboro, which had already begun to deteriorate, rapidly declined.
Greensboro had a Methodist church as early as 1839 and a Baptist church was begun in 1846.
By the 1850s, the slack water system of locks and dams had been developed by the Monongahela Navigation Company ( later acquired by the Army Corp of Engineers ), allowing for year-round travel to and from Pittsburgh to the Greensboro area.
However, by the beginning of World War I, all significant production had ended and 1916 generally marks the end of stoneware manufacturing in Greensboro.
The District has done an excellent job of promoting the significance of this designation and encouraging homeowners to follow the rehabilitation and maintenance guidelines found in the homeowners ’ manual that Greensboro Borough Council had published.
: At that time, the Pennsylvania Railroad had been laid as far south as Greensboro and, a little later, to Ridgely and Hillsboro and thence across Tuckahoe Creek.
The institution had its origin in 1833, when the Greensboro Female College was organized as an institution for local children.
The playful name combined humanist values with the scores of sit-ins that had been reforming college and university practices and eroding the vestiges of entrenched segregation, starting with the Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in of 1960 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
In October 2008, The Politico reported that Hagan's husband Chip Hagan III, a former Democratic county leader, had been a member of 1, 000-member Greensboro Country Club for years, despite the club's de facto segregation and refusal to admit black members.
With the Hurricanes moving to their new home in Raleigh, they had to either put the franchise back in Greensboro or buy it from the owners.
He also had an additional win to that — the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic two starts later.
They first defeated Flair's " cousins " Gene and Ole Anderson on December 26, 1976 in Greensboro, injuring Gene so badly that he had to be stretchered out.
In spite of this, the Cougars had a good fan following, particularly in Greensboro.
Greensboro had developed a rabid fan base which gave great support to the Cougars.
The Commission also found that the Greensboro Police Department had infiltrated the Klan and, through a paid informant, knew of the white supremacists ’ plans and the strong potential for violence.
The winner, Song Anh Nguyen of Greensboro, NC, had her designed produced by Wrangler and available for sale.
The Storm would be matched with the West Division's fourth place team, the Erie Panthers, who had defeated the Greensboro Monarchs in the 1st Round of the playoffs.
Following the 1968 season, Greensboro dropped out of professional ball for the next ten years, during a time when minor league baseball had lost popularity.
That nickname was better known for teams based in Charlotte, but the Charlotte Hornets baseball team had abandoned its nickname after the 1973 season, and the new Greensboro team adopted it.
Greensboro alumni who had lengthy major league careers include:

Greensboro and town
The town of Greensboro, which was centrally located and Choctaw County was inhabited by settlers primarily from Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.
Greensboro was incorporated as a town in December 1823 as Greensborough.
More than 200 firefighters from Milford, Ellendale, Harrington, Felton, Dover, Smyrna, Houston, Frederica, Slaughter Beach, Bowers Beach, Greenwood, South Bowers, Farmington, Magnolia, Cheswold, Lewes, Georgetown, and Bridgeville in Delaware and Greensboro and Goldsboro in Maryland fought the blaze which destroyed seven businesses, a church, and three apartments, destroying an entire city block in the historic section of town.
Greensboro is a town in Gadsden County, Florida, United States.
Greensboro is a town in Greene County, Georgia, United States.
Shirley is a town in Brown Township, Hancock County and Greensboro Township, Henry County in the U. S. state of Indiana.
Greensboro is a town in Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana, United States.
Kennard is a town in Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana, United States.
Greensboro is a town located on the banks of the Choptank River in Caroline County, Maryland.
Most of the rail traffic that comes through town is local freight traffic going back and forth from Sanford to Greensboro or freight going to AC & W.
Pittsboro, North Carolina is a town located in Chatham County, 34 miles southwest of Raleigh, 47 miles southeast of Greensboro, and 17 miles south of Chapel Hill.
Jamestown is a town in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, and is a suburb of the nearby cities of Greensboro and High Point.
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 University of North Carolina at Greensboro estimates the town receives $ 5 million each year as a result.
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.
Following his appointment to the cabinet Mr. Gallatin determined to withdraw from the glass firm and advertised on May 7, 1803 in a Pittsburgh newspaper, " Sale by Auction ... One undivided half of the New Geneva Glassworks, a ferry across the Monongahela River, sundry lots and dwelling houses in the town of Greensboro ..
The first college to open its doors within the town of Greensboro was the woman's college, Greensboro Female College.

Greensboro and many
* Jerry Bledsoe a journalist and true crime author, lives in nearby Asheboro ; his regular column appeared for many years in the Greensboro News & Record, and his investigative reporting is featured in the Rhino Times.
Glassmaking was the primary industry for many Monongahela River towns, including the city of Pittsburgh as well as small towns such as New Geneva and Greensboro, for several decades preceding the Civil War.
Greensboro being a community already established with the conveniences, commerce and trade suddenly found itself as a growing cultural and economic hub for many growing " patch towns " sprouting up in the area during the area Coal Rush.
Although many changes have taken Greensboro from its early days as the Mingo settlement of Delight to its present-day status, it still remains a pleasant place to live and a testament to the resiliency of Pennsylvania ’ s small towns.
The many historical and conservation projects completed by the Greensboro community exemplify the fostering of private and public partnerships in a rural community.
Harley Race won the title from Flair in 1983, but Flair regained the title at Starrcade in Greensboro, North Carolina in a steel cage match ; afterward, Race and Flair fought in many different matches in early 1984.
They were from Murfreesboro, NC, but played many shows to sold out crowds in the 1980s and early 90's in Atlantic Beach and they were also well known in Greensboro, NC.
There were many upset and disappointed fans in Greensboro when Cougar Management decided to hold game 7 of the series in Charlotte.
From Roanoke, Piedmont provided non-stop service to many cities including but not limited to: Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago-O ' Hare, Greensboro, Louisville, Nashville, Newark, Pittsburgh, Richmond, and Washington-Reagan.

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