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Greensboro is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County,North Carolina,United States. At the 2020 census,its population was 299,035;it was estimated to be 302,296 in 2023. It is the third-most populous city in North Carolina,after Charlotte and Raleigh,and the 69th-most populous city in the United States. The population of the Greensboro–High Point metropolitan statistical area was estimated to be 789,842 in 2023. The Piedmont Triad region,of which Greensboro is the most populous city,had an estimated population of 1,736,099 in 2023.
Guilford County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census,the population was 541,299,making it the third-most populous county in North Carolina. The county seat and largest community is Greensboro. Since 1938,an additional county court has been located in High Point. The county was formed in 1771. Guilford County is included in the Greensboro-High Point,NC Metropolitan Statistical Area,which is also included in the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point,NC Combined Statistical Area.
Eden is a city in Rockingham County in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Greensboro-High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area of the Piedmont Triad region. As of the 2020 census,the population was 15,405. From the late nineteenth century through much of the 20th,the city was a center of textile mills and manufacturing. The city was incorporated in 1967 through the consolidation of three towns:Leaksville,Spray,and Draper.
Guilford College is a private liberal arts college in Greensboro,North Carolina. Guilford has both traditional students and students who attend its Center for Continuing Education (CCE). Founded in 1837 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers),Guilford's program offerings include such majors as Peace and Conflict Studies and Community and Justice Studies,both rooted in the college's history as a Quaker institution. Its campus has been considered a National Historic District by the United States Department of the Interior since 1990.
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Interstate 840 (I-840) is a 21.9-mile (35.2 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway and state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the northern half of the Greensboro Urban Loop beltway around the city of Greensboro. It connects I-40,I-73,and US 421 in the west with I-40,I-85,and I-785 in the east. It was completed on January 23,2023.
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North Carolina's 6th congressional district is a congressional district located in the north central portion of the U.S state of North Carolina. As a result of court-mandated redistricting in 2019,it was shifted into the central Triad region and contains all of Guilford County,all of Rockingham County,most of Caswell County,and a portion of Forsyth County. The cities of Greensboro,Winston-Salem,and High Point are located in the district.
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The International Civil Rights Center &Museum (ICRCM) is located in Greensboro,North Carolina,United States. Its building formerly housed the Woolworth's,the site of a nonviolent protest in the civil rights movement. Four students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University started the Greensboro sit-ins at a "whites only" lunch counter on February 1,1960. The four students were Franklin McCain,Joseph McNeil,Ezell Blair Jr.,and David Richmond. The next day there were twenty students. The aim of the museum's founders is to ensure that history remembers the actions of the A&T Four,those who joined them in the daily Woolworth's sit-ins,and others around the country who took part in sit-ins and in the civil rights movement. The Museum is currently supported by earned admissions and Museum Store revenues. The project also receives donations from private donors as a means of continuing its operations. The museum was founded in 1993 and officially opened its doors fifty years to the day after the sit-in movements in Greensboro NC.
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Greensboro Ballet is a professional ballet company in North Carolina. It is the only ballet company in the Piedmont Triad. It is one of the few non-profit ballet companies in North Carolina. Greensboro Ballet has presented works by George Balanchine. The company also has performed a number of works made especially for the Greensboro Ballet by Rick McCullough,Jill Eathorne Bahr,Leslie Jane Pessemier,Elissa Minet Fuchs,and Emery LeCrone. Maryhelen Mayfield,who served as artistic and executive director of Greensboro Ballet from 1980 to 2019,choreographed over twenty-five works for the company.
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- ↑ Matsuoka, Sayaka (2019-10-08). "Citizens concerned that new Greensboro city council rules infringe on right to free speech". The NC Triad's altweekly. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
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- ↑ "Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan declares State of Emergency in response to coronavirus". myfox8.com. 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
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- ↑ "Greensboro enacts citywide curfew". Triad Business Journal. 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
- ↑ Green, Jordan (2020-06-05). "ACLU: Greensboro curfew violates First Amendment and invites racial discrimination". The NC Triad's altweekly. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ↑ Green, Jordan (2020-06-04). "Black men arrested with weapons at protest while armed white militia men avoid charges in Greensboro". The NC Triad's altweekly. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ↑ Barnes, Blair (May 7, 2024). "Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan will not seek re-election". WFMY. Retrieved May 8, 2024.