They were four friends, all freshmen at a historically Black college in Greensboro, North Carolina. And when they sat down at a segregated lunch counter on Feb. 1, 1960, they had no idea whether ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Joseph McNeil, one of four North Carolina college students whose occupation of a racially segregated Woolworth's lunch counter 65 years ago helped spark nonviolent civil rights sit ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. — More than 65 years later, Charles Bess is one of the few people left who can still describe what it was like to watch the A&T Four sit down at the whites-only Woolworth’s lunch ...
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'He stood up, so we could sit down' | Greensboro Four member Joseph McNeil's life, legacy honored at memorial service
On Thursday, family, friends and community members gathered to honor Joseph McNeil. His life, legacy and impact on the nation was celebrated during a memorial service at his alma mater North Carolina ...
The civil rights activist Joseph McNeil has died at the age of 83. In 1960, he and three other North Carolina A&T State University students launched a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter ...
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