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A&T quartet re-enacts sit-ins at Woolworth's

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Schlosser, Jim

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This article by Jim Schlosser appeared in the February 2, 1990 Greensboro News & Record, and discusses a memorial celebration and reenactment held on February 1, 1990, the thirtieth anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. All four original participants—Joseph McNeil, Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Brown Jr.), Franklin McCain, and David Richmond—participated in the event, which included speeches, the unveiling of a plaque in front of the Woolworth store where the sit-ins occurred, and a civil rights forum at Bennett College.This article was clipped and saved in a scrapbook by Clarence "Curly" Harris, manager of the Greensboro Woolworth store at the time of the 1960 sit-ins.
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University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

Keywords

  1. Business Desegregation And Sit Ins, 1960
  2. Greensboro Sit Ins, Greensboro, N.C., 1960

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