The most populous city in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, Greensboro surrounds a  central courthouse square which succeeded Guilford Courthouse as the county seat in 1808. 

Built to intersect at Greensboro, Interstates 40, 85, and 73 give residents of the state as well as  tourists from many other areas easy and comfortable access to the city. Greensboro offers  residents and visitors many notable historic and artistic attractions, among them the  International Civil Rights Museum, site of the historic Woolworth sit-ins. 

Greensboro has had a tumultuous history. The city was named for Major General Nathanael  Greene, commander of the American forces at the Battle of Guilford Court House in 1781.  Property for the future village of Greensboro was purchased from the Saura, indigenous people  who settled the area prior to the arrival of Europeans. Before the American Revolution, Quaker  migrants from Pennsylvania settled the area, which eventually became North Carolina’s most  important Quaker community. The advent of rail travel resulted in growth and prosperity during  the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; then, the mid-nineteenth century witnessed  Greensboro’s fortunes move through the Civil War from a Unionist area to, briefly, a  Confederate state capital. The twentieth century marked an increase in population and wealth  even through the Depression. By this time, the city earned a reputation as a well-planned  community emphasizing education, parks, and profitable employment. 

Greensboro is home to two major public research universities: North Carolina A & T State  University, a historically black college, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In  the early 1960’s, students from A & T were the major force in protests to achieve racial justice,  desegregation of public facilities, and fair employment. May and June of 1963 marked  Greensboro as the location of the largest civil rights protest in the history of North Carolina.  Civil rights struggles continued through the 1980’s. 

Today, with its position as a major freight rail hub and twelve Amtrak passenger train stops,  Greensboro enjoys a prospering economy. The city's importance to American history and  development make it an essential stop for travelers and tourists who seek to understand the  nation.

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