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Civil Rights Activist Joseph McNeil, 83, Dies; Took Part in Greensboro Sit-in in 1960

HeadlineSep 08, 2025

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 whites-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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