Greensboro (NC) Sit-ins

(following from Wikipedia) - On February 1, 1960, four African American students (Ezell Blair, Jr., David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain) from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College sat down at a segregated lunch counter in the Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth's store. Although they were refused service, they were allowed to stay at the counter, sparking off sit-ins and economic boycotts that were a landmark of the American civil rights movement.As they sat at the counter they were spit on, had drinks poured on them, and worst of all they were beaten. In just two months the sit-in movement spread to 54 cities in 9 states. Six months after the sit-ins began, the original four protesters were served lunch at the same Woolworth's counter. Sit-ins would be effective throughout the South in integrating other public facilities.