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January 31, 2020

Saturday Marks 60th Anniversary of Historic Greensboro Four Sit-In
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Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the Greensboro Four sit-in
protest at the lunch counter at Woolworth's in downtown Greensboro,
North Carolina. On February 1, 1960, four freshmen students at North
Carolina's A&T State University - Ezell Blair Jr., Franklin Mc Cain,
Joseph Mc Neil and David Richmond - refused to leave the whites-only
lunch counter after being denied service. Their action inspired a
nationwide wave of sit-ins aimed at desegregating businesses and public
spaces. Within weeks of their action, sit-in protests spread to over 250
cities and towns across the country, sparking a nationwide movement that
saw more than 400 protests by the end of the year.


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