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Greensboro, NC - Woolworth Civil Rights Museum

Lunch counter at the old Woolworth's "five and dime" store -- a legendary site marking the American civil-rights movement. Now the International Civil Rights Center & Museum, it was the place where "sit-in" became part of the American lexicon. On February 1, 1960, four black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University took seats at the Woolworth lunch counter and did not relinquish them The four students were Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan), and David Richmond. The next day there were twenty students, and soon sit-ins became a protest tactic throughout the South.
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Keywords:carol m. highsmith, america, north carolina, greensboro, greensboro woolworth store, international civil rights cent, greensboro sit-in, sit-ins, franklin mccain, joseph mcneil, ezell blair jr., jibreel khazan, david richmond

Greensboro, NC - Woolworth Civil Rights Museum