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Fifty Years Later, N.C. Sit-In Site Becomes Museum

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[The museum] exists because there was the time that we don't want to go back to. And it also represents a kind of beacon for what's possible, and it says to people that all sorts of good things are possible if people work together and respect each other.

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Jessica Jones covers both the legislature in Raleigh and politics across the state. Before her current assignment, Jessica was given the responsibility to open up WUNC's first Greensboro Bureau at the Triad Stage in 2009. She's a seasoned public radio reporter who's covered everything from education to immigration, and she's a regular contributor to NPR's news programs. Jessica started her career in journalism in Egypt, where she freelanced for international print and radio outlets. After stints in Washington, D.C. with Voice of America and NPR, Jessica joined the staff of WUNC in 1999. She is a graduate of Yale University.
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