Sit in At Woolworth's

                                                                                               By Katherine and Savannah prd. 7

 

 

Who-  four black colledge students from Agricultural and Technical Colledge in Greensboro, NC.  On the first day, there were four students, next 14, next 400! Students in charge are Ezell A. Blair Jr. (known as Jibreel Khazann), David Richmond, Joseph McNeal and Franklin McCain.  Ezell is the leader. 

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What-  staged a sit in at Woolworth’s in Greensboro.  They asked for service at the all white lunch counter.  They just peacefully sat down until closing time.  News spread quickly.  Sit ins were now being staged all around North Carolina.  They went into Woolworth’s at 4:30 and purchased small items from the lunch counter.  They tried to talk to the manager, but that didn’t happen until later.  Woolworth’s didn’t give up until mid summer.

 

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When- February 1st 1960 is when they started, they ended in the summer. 

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Where- Greensboro, North Carolina. 

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Why- the “separate but equal” was not established in Woolworth’s.  The blacks had to stand in the corner and eat and the whites got to sit down in a lunch counter and order from the counter, and blacks had to go up and ask for their food.  When they sat down they were told “ we don’t serve colored here”

 

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                             Sources (paperback)

1.  http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/februaryone/four.html

    a teaching guide by Diana Wright

2.   Reporting Civil Rights Part 1 Albert L. Rozie Jr.  Students in Woolworth’s for

    Lunch service.   Greensboro, NC Feb 1960

3.  World History Series: The Civil Rights Movement By John M. Dunn

    Copyright 1998 92198-9011

4.  By CLAUDE SITTONSpecial to The New York Times.. "NEGROS EXTEND STORE PICKETING" Raleigh is 6th Carolina City Affected-Student Action May             Spread Here." The New York Times(1857-Current file) [New York NY.] Feb 1960, 2222. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times.                  Proquest. 

5. Greensboro Sit-Ins.  Wikipedia.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro_four

 

6.  Google maps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    The flag changed to a more appropriate version of itself. The state of Georgia changed the flag because the olymics were coming to Atlanta, and we didn't want to be considered a rasicist state. Afterall, some of the olympic athletes are African-Americans, so the state of Georgia didn't want to offend them.  Unfortunatly, this change did not take place in time, but it changed in the end.

 

    We changed our flag to this desin because it is not racist, and we didn't want to do the confederate symbol, and we decided to do the stars and bars to honor heritage for those with civil war heritage.  There are three little stars, and one big star to represent that Georgia was the fourth state in admitted into the union.  The star representing Georgia is the biggest one.  We think that the Georgia state flag should be changed to this one because it represents the state better.