Greensboro, North Carolina: Cup of Freedom
Four tiny black students sit around a sculpted coffee cup on a pedestal. Titled "Cup of Freedom," by Charles Jenkins, it was unveiled on February 1, 2010, the 50th anniversary of the famous Civil Rights anti-segregation lunch counter protest at the Woolworth's next door.
- Address:
- 132 S. Elm St., Greensboro, NC
- Directions:
- Downtown, on the north side of W. February 1 Place, just west of its intersection with S. Elm St., and just south of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.
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The Cup of Freedom monument is small and easy to miss from an automobile.
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