The Greensboro Woolworth sit-ins and the struggle for civil rights

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In February 1960, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Billy Smith and Clarence Henderson, four Black students from NC A&T State University, visited the F.W. Woolworth department store’s lunch counter in Greensboro. Their sit-in sparked a national movement.
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A beat down

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what did they have for lunch?

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Donut and a coffee with cream on the side

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It was stupid world back then 😊