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Sit-Ins Sparked by Greensboro Students in 1960
Four freshmen Ezell Blair Jr Franklin McCain Joseph McNeil and David Richmond sat at a Greensboro lunch counter in defiance of racial segregation. The protests spread to other southern towns with arrests and violent opposition, drawing national attention and helping to end segregation in America.
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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College
Ezell Blair Jr
Franklin McCain
Joseph McNeil
David Richmond
Wookworth’s
Greensboro
N.C
Anne Moody
Jackson
Miss
America