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    Greensboro FOUR

    Jan 01, 2021 2 minutes
    by Gloria Harris
    illustrated by Jeremy Ruiz

    Four Black college students entered a Woolworth’s store in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960. They sat down at the lunch counter and ordered food. As expected, the waitress refused to serve them. That simple act set the stage for student activism

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