ELON, N.C. (AP) - Elon University will focus on the importance of the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins as part of the second annual Martin King Jr. program at the law school.
The program Thursday evening will focus on the impact of the sit-ins and other forms of nonviolent protest on civil rights law. Feb. 1 marks the 50th anniversary of the sit-ins.
Among the speakers is Franklin McCain of Charlotte, who was 17 years old when he was one of the four freshmen from North Carolina A&T State University to sit at a segregated lunch counter at the Woolworth store in Greensboro. That action sparked sit-ins across other Southern states, as well as economic boycotts.
Also speaking are William Chafe, history professor at Duke University, and Romallus Murphy, former general counsel for the North Carolina NAACP.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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ELON, N.C. (AP) - Elon University will focus on the importance of the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins as part of the second annual Martin King Jr. program at the law school.
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