Via Southern Poverty Law Center FB post: The story of the Greensboro Four who sat down at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter on February 1, 1960, and refused to leave. #OTD #TheMarchContinues

The Greensboro Four

The Greensboro Four

Statues of the Greensboro Four

“Gallant Warriors, Noble Gentlemen”
-Henry IV, Part 1
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The #GreensboroFour staged the first of the #GreensboroSitIns on #ThisDayInHistory in 1960. First target was the "Whites Only" lunch counter in a #Woolworths department store. Sit-ins lasted until 25 July, forced #desegregation at the store chain, & catalyzed formation of #SNCC.

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Greensboro 4 Desegregate Lunch Counters | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley Greensboro 4 Desegregate Lunch Counters, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, Jr. and David Richmond entered the F.W. Woolworth store in Greensboro, N.C

On #February1 , 1960 #JosephMcNeil #FranklinMcCain #EzellBlairJr #DavidRichmond (The #GreensboroFour) entered the F.W. Woolworth store in #Greensboro, N.C woodstockwhisperer.info/2018/02/01/g...

#OTD #TDIH #February1, 1960: The #GreensboroSitIns begin with the #GreensboroFour. #CivilRights #SitIns #DirectAction #Nonviolence #RacialSegregation #RacialSegregationInTheUnitedStates #RacialSegregationInTheUS #Greensboro #GreensboroNorthCarolina #CivilSky
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Feb 1st-GI Joe, Everly Brothers, Rick James, Warrant, Lisa Marie Presley, Pauly Shore, Harry Styles, Columbia Disaster National GI Joe day. Entertainment from 1963. Space shuttle Columbia disaster, Binding womens feet in China banned, Atom bomb test shown on live TV. Todays birthdays - Clark Gable, Don Everly, Sherman Hemsley, Rick James, Jani Lane, Brandon Lee, Lisa Marie Presley, Pauly Shore, Harry Styles, Mary Shelly died. Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard    http://defleppard.com/ GI Joe TV theme Walk right in - The Rooftop Singer The battle of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scrugs Birthdays - In da club - 50 Cent     http://50cent.com/ Bye Bye love - The Everly Brothers Jeffersons TV theme Super Freak - Rick James Cherry Pie - Warrant Lights out - Lisa Marie Presley As it was - Harry Styles Exit - In my dreams - Dokken     https://www.dokken.net/

📣 New Podcast! "Feb 1st-GI Joe, Everly Brothers, Rick James, Warrant, Lisa Marie Presley, Pauly Shore, Harry Styles, Columbia Disaster" on @Spreaker #brandonlee #chinabannedbindingwomensfeet #clarkgable #columbiadisaster #educational #entertainment #february1st #fun #gijoe #greensborofour

Photo of four seats and lunch counter from the Greensboro Woolworth's, where the "Greensboro Four" sat on February 1, 1960 (now in the Smithsonian).

Greensboro Sit-In
On the afternoon of Feb 1, 1960, 4 young black men entered the F. W. Woolworth store in Greensboro, NC, and sat at the lunch counter. Today, that section of the counter is an exhibit in the Smithsonian’s Nat'l Museum of Amer History. Read about the #GreensboroFour: s.si.edu/2KZ1lsm

Joseph McNeil, Civil Rights Leader and Military Officer, Dies at 83 Joseph McNeil of Greensboro Four who ignited a nationwide sit-in movement passes away at 83. His life spanned activism and military service.

Joseph McNeil, Civil Rights Leader and Military Officer, Dies at 83

#civilrights #josephmcneil #greensborofour #activism #obituary

A true American hero who helped moved the dial on the Civil Rights movement.

Our students and leaders today could take a couple hundred pages out of his book to effectuate REAL change.

Now we’re down to one of the #GreensboroFour and history repeats …

Joseph McNeil (seated, left), Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle #obitpix #josephmcneil #civilrights #sitin #greensborofour #sncc #artofinstagram #penandink #drawing #illustration #portraitdrawing

Joseph McNeil, Member of 'Greensboro Four' Who Protested Segregation at Lunch Counters, Dies at 83 McNeil and three other Black freshmen held a famous sit-in at Woolworth’s in 1960, which inspired peaceful protests across the country

Joseph McNeil, Member of 'Greensboro Four' Who Protested Segregation at Lunch Counters, Dies at 83: McNeil and three other Black freshmen held a famous sit-in at Woolworth’s in 1960, which inspired peaceful protests… @SmithsonianMag #JosephMcNeil #GreensboroFour #CivilRights #Segregation #SitIn

Their activism reminds us that we all have the power to make a difference ✊🏾✨

#CivilRights #SitIns #GreensboroFour #StudentActivism #BlackHistory #BlackFacts #JosephMcNeil

#RIP #JosephMcNeil #GreensboroFour
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Joseph McNeil, member of the Greensboro Four, dies at 83 Joseph McNeil, along with Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Blair Jr.) and the late David Richmond and Franklin McCain, protested racial segregation at a Woolworths diner in Greensboro. Khazan is now the...

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LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Joe McNeill - Labor Heritage Foundation "I walked away with an attitude that, if our country is screwed up, don't give up. Unscrew it, but don't give up."               &nbsp

Labor Quote of the Week: Joe McNeil
"If our country is screwed up, don't give up. Unscrew it."
—One of the Greensboro Four, 1960 Woolworth sit-in
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A colleague at #NCAT shared this with we JOMC faculty.

What has always gotten me about the #GreensboroFour was not just that they sat down one day--they came back. Day after day after day.

There's such courage in still coming back. youtu.be/dJiOK0ijqyg?...

Civil rights pioneer Joseph McNeil reflects on Greensboro sit-in 65 years later Joseph McNeil and the Greensboro Four staged a sit-in at a Whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter in 1960, a protest that lasted more than five months and became a turning point in the fight against se...

"Joseph McNeil and the #GreensboroFour staged a sit-in at a Whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter in 1960, a protest that lasted more than five months and became a turning point in the fight against segregation. " #GreensboroNC

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Their bravery sparked a student-led sit-in movement that spread across the country, accelerating the fight for civil rights.

Their message was clear: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

#BlackHistoryMonth #CivilRightsHistory #GreensboroFour

On Feb 1, 1960, four Black students refused to leave a segregated lunch counter. Their sit-in sparked a nationwide movement & helped end segregation.

Young people make history. #BHM2024 #GreensboroFour

65 years ago today, four Black college students sat at a whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro, NC, inspiring thousands to stand up and march for equality.

Today, I'm remembering the #GreensboroFour on the first day of #BlackHistoryMonth.

HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH!!! Celebrate 🎉 celebrate 🎊 celebrate 🙌 Fuck their permission! #blackhistorymonth #american #celebration #inmemoriam #neverforget #blm #wearefamily #ohana #greensborofour #kcvotes @kcvotes.bsky.social

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A wall-sized image of the Greensboro Four looms over a diverse collection of diners in the cafeteria at National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Greensboro four looks over all the results of their actions.
(National Museum of African American History and Culture.)
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February 1 Peace Love Art Activism | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley February 1 Peace Love Art Activism, Tileston v. Ullman, the Supreme Court upheld a Connecticut law banning the use of drugs or instruments that prevented concep

#OTD #February1 #Peace #Love #Art #Activism #WomensHealth #SCOTUS no #birthcontrol 1943, #PresidentEisenhower baptized #Presbyterian 1953, #BLM #HenrySmith lynched 1893, #GreensboroFour 1960, #HarrietTubman stamp 1978, #offourbacks published 1970, plus + woodstockwhisperer.info/2017/02/01/f...

Feb. 1, 1960: The Greensboro Sit-in Begins Four African-American North Carolina A&T University students began a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s whites-only lunch counter.

On this date in 1960. Let their memory be a lesson & an inspiration #sitins #GreensboroFour #AggiePride #BennettBelles