Wednesday, February 3, 1971

Day 3: February 3, 1960

More than 60 students, one-third of them female, returned to the Greensboro store and sat down at every available lunch counter seat. Students from Bennett College and Dudley High School increased the number of protesters, and many carpooled to and from the F.W. Woolworth store to sit-in shifts.

Members of the KKK were present. White patrons taunted the students as they studied. A statement issued from F.W. Woolworth's national headquarters read that company policy was "to abide by local custom". (That means, they were to follow what was the rule of that specific, local store.)



Protesters at the Woolworth Counter
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