On February 1, 1960, four African American college students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, North Carolina. The seats were white-only and blacks were expected to stand up to eat lunch. After asking for service they were denied and remained in their seats after being asked to leave. The sit-ins continued for the next several days and by February 5th, over 300 students had joined the Greensboro Four in the peaceful demonstration. On the 6th, however, tensions mounted resulting a bomb scare and the store was closed for the next two weeks. This was one of the big sparks of the civil rights movement in the South.
The four men were Ezell A. Blair, Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan), Franklin E. McCain, Joseph A. McNeil, and David L. Richmond.
