Greensboro
Sit-in
In 1960 four black college students sat down at an all-white Woolworth's lunch counter, and refused to leave when they were denied service. Hundreds of others soon joined in this first sit-in, which lasted for several months. Such protests quickly spread across the South, ultimately leading to the integration of Woolworth's and other chains. (The original Woolworth's counter and stools now sit in the Smithsonian Museum.) --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina [Aug 2004]
February 1, 1960
In this city, on February 1st, 1960, four African American college students from North Carolina A+T College (an all-black college) went to get served in an all-white restaurant at Woolworth’s. The shop was open to all customers regardless of colour, but the restaurant was for whites only. They asked for food, were refused service and asked to leave. The students had done research on what they were doing and had read a handout on tactics of resistance by CORE. This direct action by Ezell Blair Jnr, David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil sparked off the so-called sit-ins. However, they were not heroes to all African American people. One Black lady, a dishwasher, behind the counter was heard to shout at them that they were "stupid, ignorant…….rabble-rousers, troublemakers." The food counter did not serve them but the café shut 30 minutes early. When the four students returned to their campus, they were greeted as heroes by fellow students. --http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/greensboro_1960.htm [Aug 2004]
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