From the bus boycott in monger, alabama until february 1, 1960, virtually Nothing Happened in the arena of civil rights. It was dead, absolutely dead, even Martin Luther king said that. In 1960 things did change dramatically in greensboro. Greensboro is the origin of all the events that occur subsequent to february 1, 1960. I happened to be there. Mcneil happened to be there. When you hear a railroad, the train is coming from far away and it is coming closer and you become increasingly aware of the track the train is rolling on. That track is what divides white from black. Thats what separates the white ghetto from the black ghetto. Its the track that heads somewhere but you do not know exactly where. And it is not really for the good of society. And before sitins, walked right across the track in the wrong direction, went to the other side. I think greensboro liked to think of itself as polite and being polite and moderate and open to different points of view. Greensboro is a town tha
Sit in protests along with archival footage. That begins right now. And we feel also that one of the great pillars of american democracy is that we have the right to protest for our rights. We will do it in an orderly fashion. This is a nonviolent protest. We are depending on moral and spiritual forces using the method of passive resistance. From the bus boycott in montgomery, alabama until february 1, 1960, virtually Nothing Happened in the arena of civil rights. I mean, it was dead, absolutely dead. Even Martin Luther king said that. In 1960, things did change dramatically in greensboro. It is the origin of all of those events that occur subsequent to february 1, 1960, and i happened to be there. Mcneil happened to be there, and so did richmond and blair. When you hear a railroad, the train is coming from far away and it is coming closer and you become increasingly aware of the track that the train is rolling on. And that track is what divides white from black. That is what separates
Would be able to do that. So they took a stand against jim crow, against segregation, against whitesonly access to public accommodations and to being seen as a firstclass citizen. They came here to this Woolworth Building and this lunch counter to sit down and be treated like a firstclass citizen and be served against their policies and practices. This is the actual lunch counter area thats been preserved. Some seats have been taken out in other areas that are at thing smithsonian and other musics. The four young men that sat in here have talked to us about around where they sat, so a lot of the things you will see here are the actual advertisements around the different menu items they offered and the prices. These four were Franklin Mccain ezell blair joseph mcneal, and david richmond. They were freshmen at North Carolina a c, a historically black university here. They came to the store, sat at the lunch counter and asked to order i believe some coffee and a piece of pie. The response
This building once housed the wool worth store where the movement started in 1960. What happened here in 1960, february 1 four young men from North Carolina a T State University chose that day to make a stand really to take a seat so that the rest of us would be able to do that. They took a stand against jim crow, against segregation against whites only access to public accommodations and to being seen as a first class citizen. They came here to the Wool Worth Building to this lunch counter to sit down to be treated like the policies and practices. So this year in the museum is the actual lunch counter area. That has been preserved. There are seats that have been taken out of here. So the gentleman that sat in, the four young men who sat in here have talked to us about around where they sat. And so a lot of the things that you will see here are the actual advertisements around the different menu items they offered and the prices. These four young gentlemen were franklin mccain, blair j
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