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Monday, February 1, 2010

On 50th Anniversary, Protesters Reflect on Success of 1960s Lunch Counter Sit-Ins in Greensboro

In this Jan. 7, 2010 photo, the lunch counter at the former F.W. Woolworth is shown at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, N.C. Four college freshmen walked into a Greensboro, N.C., dime store on Monday, Jan. 1 1960, bought a few items, then sat down at the "whites only" lunch counter, and sparked a wave of civil rights protest that changed America.


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