Feb 1st, 1960, four black college students decided that enough was enough and launched a sit in at F.W. Woolworth's diner. Segregation was still an everyday practice so they were refused service even though they sat there until the business closed. Returning the next day with more students, Woolworths still held out and continued to deny blacks service until July. Yesterday, the Woolworths in Greenboro N.C. was officially opened as a civil rights museum.
Kudos to Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, Jr., and David Richmond.
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