Greensboro sit in's By Azefor A Introduction Did you know on February 1, 1960, four black teens sat down at a "whites-only" Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr. and David Richmond wanted much more than the coffee and donuts the waitress refused to serve them. Their goal was to stop the unfair treatment of blacks at that lunch counter and many other places in the United States. Even though they were refuse service they were still able to sit there. You want to now what the Greensboro sit in did they tolled the whites that they have had enough the blacks are saying they are equal now so we can do what the whites can do so the tuck a stand. You want to know when they did that On February 1, 1960 at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro. Want to now why because they have had enough of the whites they were telling the whites that the blacks are standing up for them selfs. All of this things I have been telling you is how they were part of the civil rights movement to make blacks and whites equal. Introduction Did you know on February 1, 1960, four black teens sat down at a "whites-only" Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr. and David Richmond wanted much more than the coffee and donuts the waitress refused to serve them. Their goal was to stop the unfair treatment of blacks at that lunch counter and many other places in the United States. Even though they were refuse service they were still able to sit there. You want to now what the Greensboro sit in did they tolled the whites that they have had enough the blacks are saying they are equal now so we can do what the whites can do so the tuck a stand. You want to know when they did that On February 1, 1960 at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro. 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Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell ChapterBlair Jr. David Richmond 1 on of them was like matin luther king it was McNeil was Like Martin Luther King, Jr. He also wanted Northw Carolina. Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blairpeace Jr. Davidbetween Richmond blacks onand of whites them was and like on matin lutherMonday, king theit was International. McNeil was Like Museum Martin visitors Luther canKing, Jr. In the Greensboro, hundreds of students, civil Hewatch also wanteda film on peace the sit-inbetween story blacks and andcan whiteseven get and on rights organizations, churches, and members of Monday,a glimpse the of International. the famous Museumstools and visitors counter can watch a the community joined in a six-month-long filmwhere on the the sit-in Greensboro story and Four can evenfirst satget a50 glimpse years of the protest. Their commitment ultimately led to the famousago. This stools what and made counter them where part the of theGreensboro civil rights Four desegregation of the F. W. Woolworth lunch firsthistory. sat 50 By years 1960, ago. it hadThis beenwhat madesix years them since part a of the counter on July 25, 1960. Did you also now Ezell civilSupreme rights history. Court decisionBy 1960, ithad had made been schoolsix years since a A. Blair, Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan), Franklin E. Supremesegregation, Court or decision the separation had made of school white segregation, and black McCain, Joseph A. McNeil, and David L. orstudents, the separation illegal. of Still, white in andmany black parts students, of the illegal. Richmond leave the Woolworth store after the Still,country, in many little parts had of changed. the country, In the little South, had changed. many In first sit-in on February 1, 1960. (Courtesy of therestaurants, South, many hospitals restaurants, and hospitalsparks remained and parks Greensboro News and Record) get this On the remainedsegregated. segregated. Martin LutherMartin LutherKing liked King what liked the what sit the second day of the Greensboro sit-in, Joseph A. sitin's in's did did he he liked liked thatthat becausebecause theythey were were showing showing the McNeil and Franklin E. McCain are joined by whites that they are equal now so the Greensboro sit in's the whites that they are equal now so the William Smith and Clarence Henderson at the were telling the whites they are now equal so we can eat Greensboro sit in's were telling the whites they Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North at the same restaurant sleep in the same apartment we are now equal so we can eat at the same Carolina.(Courtesy of Greensboro News and can also sit at the same lunch counter. Did you now The Record). "Greensbororestaurant sleepFour," inalong the withsame friends apartment and supporters, we can continuedalso sit at to the return same to lunchthe lunch counter. counter Did every you day.now After sixThe months, "Greensboro the students Four," were along finally with served. friends and supporters, continued to return to the lunch counter every day. After six months, the students were finally served. Did you know by the time The Greensboro Sit-Ins of 1960 provoked all manner of emotions when they occurred and they remain an important part of civil rights history. Accepting and taking to the limit Martin Luther King’s idea of non- violence and peaceful protests, the sit-ins provoked the type of reaction the Civil Rights movement wanted – public condemnation of the treatment of those involved but also continuing to highlight the issue of desegregation in the South. The sit-ins started in 1960 at Greensboro, North Carolina.did you now 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. In the Chapter 2 Gre ens boro , hun dred s of stud ents , civil right s orga niza tion s, chur ches , and me mbe rs of the com mun ity join ed in a six- mon th- long prot est. Thei r com mit men t ulti mat ely led to the dese greg atio n of the F.