Day 4: February 4, 1960

More than 300 students participate in the protests. Students from N.C. A&T, Bennett College, and Dudley High School occupied every seat at the lunch counter. Three white supporters (Genie Seaman, Marilyn Lott and Ann Dearsley) from the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now UNCG), joined the protest.

As tensions grew, police kept the crowd in check.

Protesters are harassed but do not fight back (Time Photo)

Waiting students then marched to the basement lunch counter at S.H. Kress & Co., the second store targeted by the Student Executive Committee, and the Greensboro sit-ins spread.

That evening, student leaders, college administrators, and representatives from F.W. Woolworth and Kress stores held talks. The stores refused to integrate as long as other downtown facilities remained segregated. Students insisted the F.W. Woolworth and Kress retail stores would remain targets, and the meeting ended without resolution.

This is what 300 people looks like:

Source: http://www.gkstill.com/Support/crowd-density/100sm/Density4.html