Woolworth's Lunch Counter holds significance in Black history as the site of a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement. In 1960, four Black college students, known as the Greensboro Four, initiated a sit-in protest at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. The young men were denied service because of their race, but they remained peaceful and determined to challenge segregation laws.

The sit-in sparked a wave of similar protests across the South, with students and civil rights activists staging sit-ins at other segregated lunch counters and establishments. The Woolworth's sit-in and subsequent demonstrations put pressure on businesses to desegregate and helped galvanize the Civil Rights Movement.

The courage and persistence of the Greensboro Four and the many others who participated in sit-ins at Woolworth's and other locations played a crucial role in the fight for racial equality and the eventual dismantling of Jim Crow segregation laws in the United States. Woolworth's Lunch Counter is remembered as a symbol of resistance and the power of nonviolent protest in the struggle for civil rights.