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Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Greensboro sit-ins

1960 nonviolent protests in the United States

The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store—now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum—in Greensboro, North Carolina, which led to the F. W. Woolworth Company department store chain removing its…
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Greensboro, North Carolina

City in North Carolina, United States

Greensboro is a city in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. Its population was 299,035 at the 2020 census and estimated at 307,381 in 2024, making it the third-most populous city in North Carolina and 69th-most populous city in the U.S. The…
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February 1

Day of the year

February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 333 days remain until the end of the year.
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