Sunday, February 1, 2015

Feb. 1, 1960 Woolworth Sit-In That Launched a Movement

Four black college students - from NCA&T — Ezell Blair Jr, Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond --- began a sit-in protest at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, where they had been refused service.

Woolworth's Lunch Counter - Separate Is Not Equal

 
 
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