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On February 1, 1960, four African American students sat down at the Woolworth's lunch counter and politely asked for service. Their request was refused. When asked to leave, they remained in their seats. Ezell A. Blair, Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan), Franklin E. McCain, Joseph A. McNeil, and David L. Richmond were all enrolled at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro. Their "passive sit-down demand" began one of the first sustained sit-ins and ignited a youth-led movement to challenge injustice and racial inequality throughout the South.
In Greensboro, hundreds of students, civil rights organizations, churches, and members of the community joined in what became a six-month-long protest. They challenged Woolworth's company policy of racial discrimination by sitting at the lunch counter and, later, organizing an economic boycott of the store. Their defiance heightened many Americans' awareness of racial injustice and ultimately led to the desegregation of the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter on July 25, 1960. - William Yeingst, Smithsonian Institute
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The Civil Rights Museum Ceremonies
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I got the opportunity at lunch to see some of the dedication of the museum. Even though the sound system made it impossible to hear anything, I witnessed the march of students from A&T University, the school children being brought to see the dedication, Jesse Jackson, the old and the young of all races gathering.
In Greensboro, hundreds of students, civil rights organizations, churches, and members of the community joined in what became a six-month-long protest. They challenged Woolworth's company policy of racial discrimination by sitting at the lunch counter and, later, organizing an economic boycott of the store. Their defiance heightened many Americans' awareness of racial injustice and ultimately led to the desegregation of the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter on July 25, 1960. - William Yeingst, Smithsonian Institute
The Timeline of Events
Key Players
Multimedia
The Civil Rights Museum Ceremonies
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I got the opportunity at lunch to see some of the dedication of the museum. Even though the sound system made it impossible to hear anything, I witnessed the march of students from A&T University, the school children being brought to see the dedication, Jesse Jackson, the old and the young of all races gathering.
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Not to knock the lady or anything, because murder is horrible no matter what, but...
Why is it such a huge news item that this actress who nobody had ever heard of before got killed in a mugging? In New York? To me, that's like saying an actress got killed in Hollywood...kind of a "duh" moment (because struggling actors who wish to make a career out of it are going to two places in the U.S...California or New York).
I feel bad for her fiancee, I feel bad for her family and friends. But I've yet to figure out why it's national news.
Why is it such a huge news item that this actress who nobody had ever heard of before got killed in a mugging? In New York? To me, that's like saying an actress got killed in Hollywood...kind of a "duh" moment (because struggling actors who wish to make a career out of it are going to two places in the U.S...California or New York).
I feel bad for her fiancee, I feel bad for her family and friends. But I've yet to figure out why it's national news.
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Watch this footage
It's a local college AND a boy from just over the county line. That Christian Laettner, last second (or less than last second in this case) buzzer beater in basketball. The desperation move that coaches teach (hurl it at the basket, even if it's all the way down court, just in case).
It's a local college AND a boy from just over the county line. That Christian Laettner, last second (or less than last second in this case) buzzer beater in basketball. The desperation move that coaches teach (hurl it at the basket, even if it's all the way down court, just in case).
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