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February 1960 - Greensboro sit-in sparks a protest that spreads
across the South.
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| February 1: Charlotte's Franklin McCain
and three other North Carolina A & T students are refused service at the
F.W. Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. They begin a sit-in
that spreads to eight other cities in the state, and finally, to every
state in the South. February 9: Students from Johnson C. Smith hold protests at lunch counters in downtown Charlotte. Led by theological student Charles Jones, hundreds of students join a sit-in protest at downtown restaurants that refuse service to black customers. Eight stores close their dining areas rather than serve the black students. |
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JCSU students protest. |  |
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