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The Civil Rights activist Joseph McNeil has died at the age of 83. In 1960, he and three other NOrth Carolina A&T State University students launched a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro; they refused to leave the white-only lunch counter after being denied service.
Their action inspired a nationwide wave of sit-ins aimed at desegregating businesses and public spaces.
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A true warrior!
Hardly any news of his passing whether in black or white news spaces. Sad.
MAY JOSEPH McNEIL REST IN PEACE IN A WONDERFUL SPACE IN HEAVEN. AMEN
Signed: the Almighty will be barbequed flesh in about 8 hours...grimreaper
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