A Brief History of the Sit-In Movement

How it Began
On Feb. 1, 1960, at around 4:30 p.m., four black students from North Carolina A&T University — from left, David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr. and Joseph McNeil — entered a Woolworth's in Greensboro, N.C., and, after purchasing merchandise from several counters in the store, sat down at the store's "whites only" lunch counter and ordered some coffee.

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