Grade Range: 9-12Resource Type(s): Interactives & MediaDuration: 5 MinutesDate Posted: 3/31/2014
In this series of interviews, member of the Greensboro Four Joseph McNeil talks about what motivated him to participate and shares a message for young people on being involved in their communities.
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On February 1, 1960, four African American college students--Ezell A. Blair, Jr. (now Jibreel Kha...
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Connie, a fictional young girl, witnesses the student sit-ins at the lunchcounter in Greensboror,...
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