GREENSBORO, N.C. — As the North Carolina A&T Alumni Foundation and Event Center preps for a presidential appearance, Guilford County Commission Chair, Skip Alston, is eager for Thursday's visit.
“It means a lot when you have the most powerful man in the entire world to select your town and your city and your county to come here and spend some valuable time. That’s great,” Alston said.
According to the White House, President Biden will discuss efforts to increase pay, rebuild the supply chain, and bring down costs for Americans.
Alston said he hopes to arrange a time for the president to visit the International Civil Rights Center and Museum downtown, a popular destination for politicians and dignitaries who come to the Triad.
He said, “When you go to North Carolina A&T State University to celebrate that University and all that they have accomplished, you can’t help but celebrate these four young men here.”
Alston is talking about the Greensboro Four - the four NC A&T students who sat down at a whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's back in 1960 to protest racial segregation and inequality. Their brave actions became the catalyst to the civil rights movement.
Last year, first Black American and woman Vice President Kamala Harris visited that Woolworth's-turned-museum during her trip to Greensboro. Alston said it wasn't on her itinerary to visit, but he was able to talk her into it.
He said he hopes the same conversation will happen Thursday with the president.
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