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On This Day in History: The Woolworth Sit-In in Greensboro North Carolina

by Molly Wicker | Feb 1, 2019 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation

By: MOLLY WICKER On February 1, 1960, four black college students sat down at a “whites-only” lunch counter at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, N.C. and refused to leave after being denied service. Additional students joined them over the following weeks and months, and...

On This Day in History: The Woolworth Sit-In in Greensboro North Carolina

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