Franklin McCain of 'Greensboro Four' dies

Franklin McCain


Franklin E. McCain Sr., a civil rights leader who was involved in the Woolworth's sit-in in 1960, has died.

McCain died Thursday night at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro. McCain's son Frank said he died of respiratory complications.

He attended North Carolina A&T State University and was one of four freshmen on February 1, 1960, to start sitting at a whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's. The group has often been referred to as the "Greensboro Four."
McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr. and David Richmond returned the following days with other protesters growing to at least 1,000 by the fifth day. Within weeks, sit-ins launched in more than 50 cities in nine states. The Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro was desegregated within six months.
The Woolworth's building is now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.


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