Greensboro Lunch Counter
Greensboro Lunch Counter
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- Description
- On February 1, 1960, four African American college students—Ezell A. Blair, Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan), Franklin E. McCain, Joseph A. McNeil, and David L. Richmond—sat down at this "whites only" lunch counter at the Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina, and politely asked for service. Their request was refused, and when asked to leave, the students remained in their seats in protest.
- For the six months that followed, hundreds of students, civil rights organizations, churches, and members of the community joined the protest and boycotted the store. Their commitment ultimately led to the desegregation of the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter on July 25, 1960. Their peaceful sit-down was a watershed event in the struggle for civil rights and helped ignite a youth-led movement to challenge racial inequality throughout the South.
- Object Name
- stool
- user
- F. W. Woolworth Co.
- used
- United States: North Carolina, Greensboro
- Physical Description
- silver (overall color)
- salmon (overall color)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 38 in x 15 in x 15 in; 96.52 cm x 38.1 cm x 38.1 cm
- ID Number
- 1994.0156.01
- catalog number
- 1994.0156.01
- accession number
- 1994.0156
- subject
- Civil Rights Movement
- African American
- Greensboro Sit-in
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- Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection
- Food
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- National Treasures exhibit
- Exhibition
- Greensboro Lunch Counter
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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