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The Greensboro Sit-In

Four young black men began protesting against racial segregation in North Carolina in February 1960 by staging a sit-in at a whites only lunch counter.

Four young black men began protesting against racial segregation in February 1960 by staging a sit-in at a whites only lunch counter in a Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina. One of the four, was Franklin McCain - he spoke to Witness in 2011.

(Photo: Franklin McCain in 2010. Copyright: Getty Images)

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