1960
Greensboro, North Carolina, NC · On map
In February 1960, the Greensboro Four (Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain) began sit-ing at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter[2]. Their protest sparked the sit-in movement across the South, with thousands of young people participating in similar demonstrations to challenge segregation in public accommodations[2].
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