Sheriff BJ Barnes welcomes Melvin (Skip) Alston to the show.  Mr. Alston is Chair of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners and Co-Founder of Sit-In Movement, Inc.  On Monday, February 1, the long-awaited opening of the International Civil Rights Center & Museum will take place in the location of the former Woolworth’s store.  It’s the fiftieth anniversary of the sit-ins that, according to many, began the modern civil rights movement.

• Museum tells the story of four young men who staged a peaceful protest
• The technique of “sitting in silent protest” was adopted by other movements later.
• Annual banquet Jan 30 at Koury Convention Center is sold out at 2,200 people.
• Sunday’s ecumenical service at the coliseum: Rev. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, others
• Monday at 8:00 AM: Ribbon-cutting ceremony at Civil Rights Museum on Elm St.
• Representatives will be on hand from the White House, Congress, N.C. government.
• 5,000 to 6,000 are expected on Elm Street to witness the event.
• Over 200 news media are covering it: Ebony, USA Today, Wall St. Journal, NBC, BET.
• 200,000 people are expected to visit the museum in the next year.
• The museum has an annual budget of $1.7 million.

Next, “Standing Up, Fighting Back” produced by the office of NC Attorney General Roy Cooper, presents information on consumer fraud and ways to protect one’s resources from scam artists.

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