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But our tdr 50 focus this week has been on north carolina, which fits perfectly with theme of this civil rights summit. where the protests started. in february of 1964, african-american college students sat down at a whites only lunch counter in greensboro and asked to be served. well, they weren t. what began at that woolworth s lunch counter ignited a movement. here s nbc s reporter in greensboro on the 25th anniversary of that historic sit-in. it s almost impossible now to believe that, you know, it started here at this counter. reporter: it started with richmond and three other black students who had the nerve to ask for food where only whites were permitted to sit and spread within 54 cities within days and contributed to a movement that started the change the country s mind about civil rights. while that peaceful protest movement worked, that ....

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