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feb 1, 1960 - First Greenboro sit-in

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Four black students sat down at the lunch counter at the Woolworth's in downtown Greensboro, where the official policy was to refuse service to anyone but whites. Denied service, the four young men refused to give up their seats.

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feb 1, 1960
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~ 65 years ago