Woolworth’s+Lunch+Counter

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III. Event Represented by the Artifact/Significance
Four African American students from North Carolina A&T College sat at the "whites only" lunch counter. When asked to leave the four refused. The subsequent sit-in and boycott lasted six months and became the focus of national publicity and infamy. Finally, on July 25th, the counter was desegragated. "Fifteen seconds after … I had the most wonderful feeling. I had a feeling of liberation, restored manhood. I had a natural high. And I truly felt almost invincible. Mind you, [I was] just sitting on a dumb stool and not having asked for service yet," -Franklin McCain. "An older white woman sat at the lunch counter a few stools down from McCain and his friends. Eventually, she finished her doughnut and coffee. And she walked behind McNeil and McCain — and put her hands on their shoulders. She said in a very calm voice, 'Boys, I am so proud of you. I only regret that you didn't do this 10 years ago.'" McCain recalls. On that first day, Feb. 1, the four men stayed at the lunch counter until closing. The next day, they came back with 15 other students. By the third day, 300 joined in; later, 1,000's. The sit-ins spread to lunch counters across the country — and changed history.

IV. Date and Place
February 1, 1960

V. Multimedia Found on the Internet
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VI. Original Multimedia
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VIII. Curators
Booher Burdette Williams

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