A Conversation with the International Civil Rights Center and Museum Curator

A Conversation with the International Civil Rights Center and Museum Curator

January 27, 2010 | LeShea Agnew

February 1st marks the 50th anniversary of the Greensboro "sit-in" when four African-American North Carolina A&T University Students ordered a cup of coffee at the white's only Woolworths lunch counter in 1960. But Monday also marks the opening of our state's first International Civil Rights Center and Museum. Bamidele Demerson became the museum's curator in 2009. He's responsible for overseeing the Museum’s exhibits, artifacts and educational programming. Earlier this week--WFDD's LeShea Agnew joined Demerson at the museum's centerpiece. Here's their conversation. 100127DEMERS 5:19 Host tag: Demerson brings more than 35 years of anthropological administration, instruction, and research to the International Civil Rights Center and Museum. Monday the museum will be free to patrons. After that, the entrance fee for adults will be $8, $6 for seniors and students with ID, $4 for children who are 6 years old and older. Children under five get in free.