On This Day: Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins Begin - 0 views
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alexander anderson on 17 Apr 12Jim Crow laws in the South kept public buildings and facilities such as restaurants, libraries, parks, theaters, swimming pools and water fountains segregated. In 1960, four black students at the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina (Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, David Richmond and Ezell Blair) decided to protest the segregation of lunch counters.