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In 1960, 4 young men sat at the Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro. They wanted to make a 'better world for all of us to live in.'

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In 1960, 4 young men sat at the Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro. They wanted to make a 'better world for all of us to live in.'

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Joseph McNeil (from left), Franklin McCain, Billy Smith and Clarence Henderson take part in Day 2 of the sit-ins at Woolworth on Feb. 2, 1960. McNeil and McCain were members of the Greensboro Four, who initiated the protests.

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The Greensboro Four leave Woolworth’s on the first day of the Greensboro sit-ins in 1960: David Richmond (from left), Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan) and Joseph McNeil.

An exhibit at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum showing the four N.C. A&T students: Joseph McNeil, Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Blair Jr.), David Richmond and Franklin McCain. Their sit-in at Woolworth’s kicked off a movement across the South.

From left, Greensboro Four member Franklin McCain shakes the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s hand as the other two surviving N.C. A&T students, Joseph McNeil and Jibreel Khazan (Ezell Blair Jr.) share a moment together on Feb. 1, 2005, in front of a statue in their honor, the February One Monument.

The Greensboro Four walk out of Woolworth on the first day of the sit-in: David Richmond (from left), Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan) and Joseph McNeil. A News & Record photographer took this photo, so the paper owns the copyright for it. Almost every year, the TV game show “Jeopardy!” calls to get permission to use the photo for a Black History Month question.

Joseph McNeil (from left), Franklin McCain and David Richmond look at the four stools that they made famous with their historic protest at the Woolworth’s lunch counter on Feb. 1, 1960. They were visiting a display about the sit-ins at the Greensboro Historical Museum in February 1990.

Students from Bennett College, Woman’s College and other schools protest at the segregated lunch counter in 1960.

Joseph McNeil (from left), Franklin McCain and David Richmond look at the four stools that they made famous with their historic protest at the Woolworth’s lunch counter on Feb. 1, 1960. They were visiting a display about the sit-ins at the Greensboro Historical Museum in February 1990.

Jibreel Khazan, formerly Ezell Blair Jr., one of two surviving members of the original Greensboro Four, greets people during N.C. A&T’s annual Feb. 1 breakfast on Thursday in Greensboro.

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Nancy McLaughlin

GREENSBORO — This is the time of the year when civil rights legends often recall with reverence the history-making Greensboro moment that birthed a sit-in movement.

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What: The "Beyond the Barriers" International Civil Rights Center and Museum's 2019 annual gala fundraiser

When: 6 p.m., Feb. 9

Where: The Greensboro Coliseum's Special Events Center.

Tickets: Visit sitinmovement.org or call (336) 274-9199.

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Joseph McNeil (from left), Franklin McCain, Billy Smith and Clarence Henderson take part in Day 2 of the sit-ins at Woolworth on Feb. 2, 1960. McNeil and McCain were members of the Greensboro Four, who initiated the protests.

The Greensboro Four leave Woolworth’s on the first day of the Greensboro sit-ins in 1960: David Richmond (from left), Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan) and Joseph McNeil.

An exhibit at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum showing the four N.C. A&T students: Joseph McNeil, Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Blair Jr.), David Richmond and Franklin McCain. Their sit-in at Woolworth’s kicked off a movement across the South.

From left, Greensboro Four member Franklin McCain shakes the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s hand as the other two surviving N.C. A&T students, Joseph McNeil and Jibreel Khazan (Ezell Blair Jr.) share a moment together on Feb. 1, 2005, in front of a statue in their honor, the February One Monument.

The Greensboro Four walk out of Woolworth on the first day of the sit-in: David Richmond (from left), Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan) and Joseph McNeil. A News & Record photographer took this photo, so the paper owns the copyright for it. Almost every year, the TV game show “Jeopardy!” calls to get permission to use the photo for a Black History Month question.

Joseph McNeil (from left), Franklin McCain and David Richmond look at the four stools that they made famous with their historic protest at the Woolworth’s lunch counter on Feb. 1, 1960. They were visiting a display about the sit-ins at the Greensboro Historical Museum in February 1990.

Students from Bennett College, Woman’s College and other schools protest at the segregated lunch counter in 1960.

Joseph McNeil (from left), Franklin McCain and David Richmond look at the four stools that they made famous with their historic protest at the Woolworth’s lunch counter on Feb. 1, 1960. They were visiting a display about the sit-ins at the Greensboro Historical Museum in February 1990.

Jibreel Khazan, formerly Ezell Blair Jr., one of two surviving members of the original Greensboro Four, greets people during N.C. A&T’s annual Feb. 1 breakfast on Thursday in Greensboro.

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