[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H588-H589]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        HONORING 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. Mr. Speaker, on this day 63 years ago, four courageous 
North Carolina A&T students, Franklin McCain, Jibreel Khazan, Joseph 
McNeil, and David Richmond, staged a sit-in at the Whites-only lunch 
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of the Woolworth Department Store in Greensboro, North Carolina, after 
they were refused service.
  They came to be known as the Greensboro Four. In the days to come, 
their peaceful protest grew as they were joined by students from 
Bennett College and Dudley High School.
  Their courageous actions inspired over 700,000 people across the 
Nation to participate in sit-ins, sparking a revolution that moved our 
Nation forward in the fight for civil rights.
  Today, as we celebrate the first day of Black History Month, we 
remember their legacy, which is honored at the International Civil 
Rights Center and Museum that is in that very Woolworth's building in 
Greensboro.
  I am proud to co-lead a resolution with Congresswoman Adams to 
encourage States to include the Greensboro sit-ins in school 
curriculums.

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