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After being refused service at a Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth's, four African-American men ... that a piece of the counter belonged at the Smithsonian, and volunteers from the local ...
Witness the story of four young men who stood up to racism and social injustice by taking a seat. This is the story of the Greensboro Four. What Was on the Menu at the First Thanksgiving?
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In the famous photograph, four Black college freshmen occupy the segregated Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, defiant in their sharp attire, staring back at the camera with the ...
Today marks one of the most significant days in Greensboro’s history. In 1960, four North Carolina A&T students refused to give up their seats at a lunch counter, sparking a national sit-in ...
On February 1, 1960, four college students changed American history. Ezell Blair, Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil began a sit-in at a white only lunch counter in Greensboro.