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Created by: Isabella Schabell-Barrera and Donovan Olson
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The Civil Rights Movement was a very important time in history. It started in 1955 and ended in 1968. The Greensboro Four Sit- Ins were a large part of the Civil Rights Movement. This was a time when blacks sat in restaurants where they were not allowed and refused to leave.
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Started on February 1 st, 1960 at 10:30 AM Was still happening in November
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1 st sit-in at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, North Carolina Caused sit-ins across the state By the end of February, sit-ins were happening across the south
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The original Greensboro Four: Franklin McCain Joseph Mcneil Ezell Blair Jr. David Richmond
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To demand equal rights for blacks To do something to remember Emmit Till
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The Greensboro Four were from North Carolina A&T College The sit-in forced Woolworth’s to close early By November 6th there were 1,000 protestors
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Woolworth’s intergrated all of its stores
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