F.W. Woolworth Company

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Boycotts

On February 1, 1960, four African-American students sat down at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth's store. They were refused service, touching off six months of sit-ins and economic boycotts that were a landmark of the US civil rights movement. In 1993, the lunch counter was donated to the Smithsonian Institution.

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February 1 - 1960 - African-American - Greensboro, North Carolina - Sit-ins - US civil rights movement - 1993 - Smithsonian Institution

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