Four African American students from North Carolina A&T University - Franklin McCain, Jibreel Kazhan, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond - started a sit-in at the segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro on February 1, 1960. They refused to leave until they were served, despite facing harassment. Their peaceful protest against segregation laws spread to other Southern states and helped spur the wider Civil Rights Movement, with Woolworth's eventually agreeing to desegregate its stores on July 25, 1960.