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On Feb. 1, 1960 four black freshmen at North Carolina A&T State University, Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, Jr., and David Richmond, took seats at the segregated lunch counter of F. W. Woolworth's in Greensboro, N.C. They were refused service and sat peacefully until the store closed.
The Greensboro Four sitting at the Woolworth's lunch counter in 1990.
A hate letter that Wasif Qureshi received asking that the Muslim community be “less visible” affected Greensboro. It brought the city’s diverse communities together and inspired Greensboro’s first Peace Festival downtown.
On Feb. 1, 1960 four black freshmen at North Carolina A&T State University, Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, Jr., and David Richmond, took seats at the segregated lunch counter of F. W. Woolworth's in Greensboro, N.C. They were refused service and sat peacefully until the store closed.