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February 1st

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  1. 1960
    The Rise

    Greensboro sit-ins begin

    North Carolina A&T freshmen Ezell Blair Jr., Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond sit at the whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina, and order coffee. Within two months the sit-in movement spreads to fifty-four cities across nine states.

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