2/1/1960 - Four black college students sat down at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and were refused service because of their race. To protest the segregation of the eating facilities, they remained and sat-in at the lunch counter until the store closed.

Greensboro first day: Ezell A. Blair, Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan), Franklin E. McCain, Joseph A. McNeil, and David L. Richmond.

Four students returned the next day, and the same thing happened. Similar protests subsequently took place all over the South and in some northern communities.

On the second day of the Greensboro sit-in, Joseph A. McNeil and Franklin E. McCain are joined by William Smith and Clarence Henderson at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

By September 1961, more than 70,000 students, both white and black, had participated, with many arrested, during sit-ins.

“Segregation makes me feel that I'm unwanted," Joseph McNeil, one of the four, said later in an interview, “I don't want my children exposed to it.”

#JibreelKhazan #FranklinMcCain #JosephMcNeil #DavidRichmond #WilliamSmith #ClarenceHenderson

February 1, 1960 - Four black college students sat down at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and were refused service because of their race. To protest the segregation of the eating facilities, they remained and sat-in at the lunch counter until the store closed.

Greensboro first day: Ezell A. Blair, Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan), Franklin E. McCain, Joseph A. McNeil, and David L. Richmond.

Four students returned the next day, and the same thing happened. Similar protests subsequently took place all over the South and in some northern communities.

On the second day of the Greensboro sit-in, Joseph A. McNeil and Franklin E. McCain are joined by William Smith and Clarence Henderson at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

By September 1961, more than 70,000 students, both white and black, had participated, with many arrested, during sit-ins.

“Segregation makes me feel that I'm unwanted," Joseph McNeil, one of the four, said later in an interview, “I don't want my children exposed to it.”

#JibreelKhazan #FranklinMcCain #JosephMcNeil #DavidRichmond #WilliamSmith #ClarenceHenderson