https://padlet.com/olga2720/fh9epj6m2tr2smeb Made with panache en-us 2021-02-02 03:46:51 UTC 2021-02-02 06:16:10 UTC hello@padlet.com olga2720 https://padlet.com/olga2720/fh9epj6m2tr2smeb/wish/1151843803 The Greensboro Four - Joseph McNeil, David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Ezell Blair, Jr., now Jibreel Khazan, were four different people, from different backgrounds and studying different things, but thought very much alike. The Greensboro Four had staged the sit-in protest because they were convinced that a segregated life in a racist country was not worth living any longer and that something finally had to be changed. Jibreel Khazan was personally inspired by the programs about Ghandhi in India, and how "a small, brown guy" led India toward independence through peaceful protests, and he got inspired to do something like that too. On February 1st, the sit-in that The Greensboro Four had organized initially made them anxious, but they described that after they sat at the table, they felt relief and transformation, and like "their manhood was coming back." On that day, they encountered an African American who told them that they were "making our race look bad," a frustrated policeman who didn't know how to approach the situation, and an elderly white lady who sat next to them and said that she was frustrated with them - because it took them so long to do this. On the 2nd day, there were already reporters and cameras on site as the four guys came back to the luncheon. Opposition showed up, and they were astonished at the fact that the four African Americans were nonviolent and were sitting peacefully and studying, not reacting to provocation. Other African Americans had joined them, and, eventually, Woolworth's started serving everyone regardless of race later that year. By staging a sit-in at Woolworth's luncheon, they showed the power that peaceful protests can have at getting rid of segregation in the American South. It took more time for nonviolent protests to take effect, but the message about the time to start desegregating had really sunk into people's heads better over a few months than a single violent protest over a few days.]]> 2021-02-02 04:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/olga2720/fh9epj6m2tr2smeb/wish/1151843803