gkbill wrote: ↑28 Aug 2022, 3:48pm
Greensboro is probably ahead of the curve in race relations - other's opinions and experiences may vary. I'm also amazed that the International Civil Rights Center & Museum (located on the Woolworth's site
https://www.sitinmovement.org/) doesn't attract more visitors (for what it's worth, my wife has not shown much interest).
That wasn't there when we lived there ('94–'96). As I recall, there was non-descript plaque on the building of the site and that was it. Appalling given its significance.
UNCG has downplayed it's past as it's tried to move forward into a more residential institution. It used to be a ghost town on weekends. Downtown has opened a lot of nightspots and students at UNCG are much more a part of Greensboro. Young people have helped Greensboro move forward socially.
Yeah, I don't recall it being a very lively social place. One prof told us that the city elders clamped down on that kind of stuff back when it was still the women's college. There was a bylaw that declared more than three (maybe it was slightly more) unmarried women living together to be a brothel.
A&T is still a distant second to UNCG - the largest HBCU in the country with a really strong engineering program should have a bigger presence. There's still some "Aggie Pride" bumper stickers, t shirts, and the lot but overall A&T lacks exposure. They had a lot (lot!) of athletic department scandals but have cleaned things up and actually have had an undefeated season in NCAA football - without much publicity/recognition. That would probably be my biggest concern regarding racism in Greensboro - the failure to promote, appreciate, and provide exposure for NC A&T.
We learned about A & T's significance in a couple courses about civil rights, but, no, nothing in the community to celebrate it. I could never figure out whether it was a passive racism to not highlight those achievements and significances or more a disinterest in history more generally.
Greensboro suffers from the little sister syndrome in many ways but it's still a good place to raise a family (if that's what you're after).
Yeah, that was our impression. Geographically between W-S and Chapel Hill/Durham and not even trying to distinguish itself between them, just being neither of them. Every so often we think about going back for a look-see, but the devolution of American society makes going down there less and less appealing.
Fun fact: We bought a set of dishes from one of the potters at Jugtown that we still use a quarter century later. Really nice, heavy stuff.
