Greensboro Four

The funeral of Maj. Gen. Joseph Alfred McNeil

Race, Class & Communities

NC A&T honors life of iconic Greensboro Four member Joseph McNeil in memorial service

Aaron Sánchez-Guerra

Known by his family and friends as "Uncle Joe", Gen. Maj. Joseph Alfred McNeil was honored for his civil rights legacy.

In this Jan. 16, 2010 photo, Joseph McNeil speaks during a AFL-CIO conference in Greensboro, N.C. As a college freshmen McNeil sat down at a whites only Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, N.C., and refused to leave when he was not served.

Race, Class & Communities

Joseph McNeil, member of the Greensboro Four, dies at 83

Jeff Tiberii

Joseph McNeil, along with Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Blair Jr.) and the late David Richmond and Franklin McCain, protested racial segregation at a Woolworths diner in Greensboro. Khazan is now the only living member of the four.

Opening night of the play "Periphery" at High Point University.

WUNC Youth Reporting Institute

Amplify Black Voices Festival: A Theatrical Recap of Greensboro’s History

Jaisha Smalls

On February 1, 1960, four North Carolina A&T students went to the F.W. Woolworth in downtown Greensboro to protest segregation at the all-white lunch counter. WUNC Intern Jaisha Smalls highlights the retelling of that story within Greensboro’s Amplify Black Voices Theater Festival.

A bronze statue of four young men walking forward shoulder-to-shoulder with a blue sky behind them

Race, Class & Communities

The Catalyst That Created A Movement: 60 Years After The Greensboro Sit-Ins

Amanda Magnus

On Feb. 1, 1960, the fight for civil rights changed forever when four freshmen students from North Carolina A&T State University refused to leave a lunch…

Race, Class & Communities

The Catalyst That Created A Movement: 60 Years After The Greensboro Sit-Ins

Amanda Magnus

On Feb. 1, 1960, the fight for civil rights changed forever when four freshmen students from North Carolina A&T State University refused to leave a lunch…

Race, Class & Communities

Chapel Hill Nine To Get Marker On Franklin Street

Leoneda Inge

You may have heard of the four college students in Greensboro, North Carolina who sat at a segregated lunch counter at a Woolworth's and helped spark the…

News

Two Of The Greensboro Four Honored On Sit-In Anniversary

Naomi P. Brown

Fifty-eight years ago, four students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University refused to leave their seats at a lunch counter in a…

The lunch counter where Greensboro students staged a civil rights sit-in protest on display in the National Museum of American History in Washington DC.

Politics

Triad Update

Nicole Campbell

Franklin McCain, civil rights activist and one of the Greensboro Four, died this month. His legacy is commemorated at the International Civil Rights…

Politics

Triad Update

Nicole Campbell

Franklin McCain, civil rights activist and one of the Greensboro Four, died this month. His legacy is commemorated at the International Civil Rights…

Close to 1,000 people celebrated the life of Franklin Eugene McCain inside of Harrison Auditorium on the North Carolina A&T campus

Arts & Culture

One Of The Greensboro Four Remembered On A&T Campus

Jeff Tiberii

Civil rights pioneer Franklin McCain will be laid to rest Friday, following an afternoon funeral in Charlotte. Hundreds of people turned out to North…