Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83

He and his classmates from a historically Black college in Greensboro, N.C., desegregated a Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960, inspiring similar protests across the nation.

Sep 7, 2025 - 00:00
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He and his classmates from a historically Black college in Greensboro, N.C., desegregated a Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960, inspiring similar protests across the nation.