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60 Years Later, We Remember The Greensboro Four, Civil Rights Sit-in Pioneers

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Feb 10, 2020
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Sixty years ago, four Black North Carolina A&T students decided to hold a sit-in at their local Woolworth’s lunch counter as a non-violent protest against segregation. The actions of the “Greensboro Four” served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement and inspired generations of social activists. The date was February 1, 1960, when Joseph McNeil, Fr…

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