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  • 60 Years Ago: Students Launched Sit-In Movement

    Dr. KeltonEdmonds, Special to The New Journal and Guide|Feb 6, 2020

    February 1, 2020 marks the 60th anniversary of the launch of the historic Sit-in Movement, when four African-American freshmen from North Carolina A&T State College (now University) in Greensboro, NC sparked the non-violent and student-led wave of protests that ultimately resulted in the desegregation of F.W. Woolworth and other racially discriminatory stores. The brave freshmen from NCA&T, who would later be adorned with the iconic label of the "Greensboro Four", consisted of David Richmond,...

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