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Ronald Martin, Robert Patterson, and Mark Martin stage sit-down strike after being refused service at an F.W. Woolworth luncheon counter, Greensboro, N.C.

A sit-down strike at a Woolworth luncheon counter in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1960

CREDIT: "Ronald Martin, Robert Patterson, and Mark Martin Stage Sit-Down Strike After Being Refused Service at an F.W. Woolworth Luncheon Counter, Greensboro, N.C." 1960. Courtesy CORBIS. New York World-Telegram & Sun Photograph Collection, The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress.



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