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Greensboro lunch counter sit-in

About this photograph

Greensboro News & Record photo by Jack Moebes.

Date created
February 2, 1960
Location
Greensboro, North Carolina
License
This photograph copyright ©1960. All Rights Reserved
Source
Original image housed by Greensboro News & Record

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1960 photo of four men at a Woolworth lunch counter

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Four A&T College students sit in seats designated for white people at the racially segregated Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, NC, on February 2, 1960. From left to right, the students are Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Billy Smith, and Clarence Henderson. This photo was taken on the second day of the now-famous Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins.