This is man citys tour visits literary and Historic Sites across the nation to hear from local historians, authors, and Civic Leaders every other weekend on cspan2s booktv and cspan3s American History tv. This month with congress on some recess, the cities tour on cspan each day at 6 00 p. M. Eastern. Welcome to greensboro on American History tv. It is known as the gate city because of its ties to transportation. It is located in the piedmont region of central north carolina. Warnere help of our time cable partners, over the next hour and a half we will look at the history of greensboro, visit the will worth counter at the center of the Civil Rights Movement in the city. They came to the will worth store and asked for coffee and a piece of pipe. The response was mixed. You boys go on from here. Another waitress was saying, we dont serve colored people here. Here to sit down and take that first step in that demonstration. Later, here about a deadly clash in 1979 between members of the clue clucks clan and communist Party Workers that killed five people Klu Klux Klan and communist Party Workers that killed five people. Peoplehave a group of standing on the sidewalls. Themave cars very close to so they could reach out with their picket signs and hit the sides of the cars. You have men running back and forth. It is hard to tell who represents the klan and who represents the cwp. First, get an upclose look at a 200yearold dress worn by former first lady dolley madison. Youre the mysteries