[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             RECOGNIZING THE LEGACY OF THE GREENSBORO FOUR

  (Ms. MANNING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MANNING. Madam Speaker, on February 1, 1960, four young Black men 
sat down at a Whites only Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, 
North Carolina, and asked to be served. These students from North 
Carolina A&T State University had trained for weeks to be able to 
withstand the hostility and abuse that would be thrust upon them.
  The next day, the ``Greensboro Four'' were joined by women from 
Bennett College and Greensboro Woman's College. The courage 
demonstrated by these students sparked a national sit-in movement that 
spread to 55 cities in 13 States. The sit-ins lasted for 6 months 
until, finally, the Woolworth's lunch counter was integrated.
  As the Representative from Greensboro, I join my colleagues, 
Representatives Adams and Butterfield, in introducing a resolution to 
recognize the legacy of the Greensboro Four, and follow their lead in 
fighting for a future that will bring equal rights to all people.

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