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Joseph McNeil, Greensboro Four Pioneer, Dies at 83
Published 8 months ago
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Joseph McNeil, one of the four North Carolina A&T freshmen who staged the 1960 Greensboro sit-in at a segregated lunch counter, has died at 83. His act of defiance alongside Franklin McCain, David Richmond and Jibreel Khazan inspired a nationwide wave of protests that helped fuel the civil rights movement. With McNeil’s passing, Khazan is the last surviving member of the A&T Four.
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