He and his classmates from a historically Black college in Greensboro, N.C., desegregated a Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960, inspiring similar protests across the nation.
Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83
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Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83
McNeil, Joseph (1942-2025)Deaths (Obituaries)Civil Rights Movement (1954-68Segregation and DesegregationDemonstrations, Protests and RDiscriminationBlack PeopleHistorically Black Colleges anGreensboro (NC)Khazan, Jibreel
