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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1869

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, 

located in Greensboro, North Carolina, as a unit of the National Park 

System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 29, 2003

Mr. WATT (for himself, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. ROSS, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. 

CAPUANO, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. FORBES, and Mr. HINCHEY) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the International 

Civil Rights Center and Museum, located in Greensboro, 

North Carolina, as a unit of the National Park System, 

and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Civil 

5 Rights Center and Museum Study Act of 2003’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STUDY REGARDING 

2 INTERNATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS CENTER AND 

3 MUSEUM, GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) On February 1, 1960, 4 North Carolina 

6 A&T State University students, Ezell Blair, Jr., 

7 Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Rich8 mond, sat at the whites-only lunch counter of a 

9 Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina, to 

10 protest segregation. 

11 (2) In the following days hundreds of students 

12 joined the protest and participated in the Woolworth 

13 sit-in. 

14 (3) The Woolworth sit-in inspired similar sit-ins 

15 in hundreds of communities throughout the United 

16 States and was instrumental in leading to the deseg17 regation of public facilities in the South. 

18 (4) The Woolworth sit-in was a prominent event 

19 in the history of the civil rights movement. 

20 (5) Woolworth closed the lunch counter in the 

21 Greensboro store in October 1993 and donated a 

22 section of the counter, 4 stools, and other items to 

23 the Smithsonian Institution for display at the Na24 tional Museum of American History. 
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1 (6) The former Woolworth store is located in a 

2 district listed on the National Register of Historic 

3 Places. 

4 (7) Community leaders and businesses in 

5 Greensboro have undertaken significant efforts to 

6 preserve this historic site and convert the former 

7 Woolworth store into a museum devoted to the his8 tory of the civil rights movement. 

9 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) MUSEUM.—The term ‘‘Museum’’ means the 

11 International Civil Rights Center and Museum lo12 cated in Greensboro, North Carolina. 

13 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

14 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di15 rector of the National Park Service. 

16 (c) STUDY.—The Secretary shall, in consultation 

17 with the State of North Carolina, carry out a study on 

18 the suitability and feasibility of designating the Museum 

19 as a unit of the National Park System. 

20 (d) STUDY PROCESS AND COMPLETION.—Section 

21 8(c) of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)) shall 

22 apply to the conduct and completion of the study required 

23 by this section. 

24 (e) SUBMISSION OF STUDY RESULTS.—
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1 (1) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to 

2 the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep3 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat4 ural Resources of the Senate a report describing the 

5 results of the study. 

6 (2) FINDINGS INCLUDED IN REPORT.—In addi7 tion to findings with respect to the matters specified 

8 in section 8(c) of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 

9 1a–5(c)), the report shall contain findings with re10 spect to—

11 (A) the types of Federal, State, and local 

12 programs that are available to assist with the 

13 development of the Museum; and 

14 (B) the potential use of, and coordination 

15 with, Federal, State, and local programs to as16 sist in the management of the historical and 

17 cultural resources of the Museum.

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