Wilmington native Joseph McNeil made history as a member of the Greensboro Four in 1960. Now, an effort is being made to erect a statue in his honor.

GREENSBORO, NC – FEBRUARY 8 A statue of four freshmen who led a sit-in in 1960 on display at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, NC, on Tuesday, February 8, 2022.

A few hours east over in Greensboro and 62 years ago this Tuesday, ... In 2002, a statue of the four young men, who became known as the A&T Four, was installed on the North Carolina A&T campus.

Saturday marks 60 years since history took place in Greensboro.On February 1, 1960, four North Carolina A&T State University freshmen chose to sit at the 'whites-only' lunch counter at Woolworth's ...

A national monuments program to honor the U.S. Colored Troops, the Greensboro Four and Reconstruction lawmakers, for a start, would create jobs, art and renewal. June 27, 2020 “Rumors of War ...

Joseph A. McNeil has been called a civil rights pioneer for his role as a founding member of the Greensboro Four, who led the 1960 sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in North Carolina.

I’ve always liked history because it never changes. But it can change people. That’s what it did to me here on a raw February evening when I set out to find the infamous Woolworth&#8217… ...

GREENSBORO, NC – Wednesday marks 57 years to the day since the Greensboro Four re-ignited the civil rights movement, but their message is still relevant today. Nearly 6 decades after the ...