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Greensboro sit-in: Media

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Where the Greensboro sit-in happened
On February 1, 1960, four young Black men—Ezell Blair, Jr. (later Jibreel Khazan),...
Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (LC-DIG-highsm- 43826)
Sit-in at Charlotte, North Carolina
In the weeks following the Greensboro sit-in, Black protesters began staging sit-ins...
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F.W. Woolworth Co. store, Greensboro, North Carolina
The former F.W. Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina, where the 1960 sit-ins...
Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (LC-DIG-highsm- 43721)
Greensboro sit-in
The Woolworth's lunch counter where the Greensboro sit-in was held in 1960; on display...
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