Topic: Franklin Mccain

50th Anniversary of Lunch Counter Sit-Ins

About.com - 746 days ago
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the day when four black college students protested Jim Crow in Greensboro, N.C., by sitting at a lunch counter in Woolworth's and demanding to be served. The actions of the four students from North ...

Protesters reflect on success of 1960s sit-ins

AP News - 748 days ago
On the 50th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-in, the protesters recall why they succeeded The four college freshmen walked quietly into a Greensboro dime store on a breezy Monday afternoon, bought a few items, then sat down at the "Violating a social ...