Day 6: February 6, 1960

Early that morning, more than 1,400 N.C. A&T students met in Harrison Auditorium. After voting to continue the protest, many headed to the F.W. Woolworth store. They filled every seat as the store opened. A large number of counter protesters showed up as well.

By noon, more than 1,000 people packed the store. 

At 1 p.m., a caller warned a bomb was set to explode at 1:30 p.m. The crowd moved to the Kress store, which immediately closed. Both stores closed in the name of public safety.


That evening at N.C. A&T, a mass rally of 1,600 students voted to suspend demonstrations for two weeks. The college's dean, Dean William Gamble, proclaimed this would give the stores time "to set policies regarding food service for Negro students".

This is what 1600 people would look like (in one place):

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