Messages and tweets. University of massachusetts amherst assistant professor traci parker joins us for discussion on the lunch counter sit ins of 1960. Who were the greensboro four and why did they decide to sit down at that lunch counter in 1960 . They work for freshman a t were four freshman at and they had been thinking about racial injustices and how to integrate and how to push the movement along for some time. It was not until Joseph Mcneil is returning to school after when hes break in 1959 is refused a meal at a greyhound train terminal and he is just trying to buy a hot dog. And gets back to campus and he is emboldened. He says enough is enough. So him and this for friends decide they are going to target the woolworths. Aggregate eating facilities in greensboro, North Carolina. I find interesting is why it woolworths, woolworths was a five and dime that many people of a certain age probably still remember. It was a chain Discount Department store. Recognizable because it is a