Greensboro Sit-ins - Launch of a Civil Rights Movement

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Key Players

Charles O. Bess

Former busboy at Woolworth's. Worked the day of the original sit-ins and throughout the sit-ins at Woolworth.

Audio (MP3's)

Bess' account of Feb.1, 1960 in interview on 1/20/84(1:00)
Bess was surprised when he saw the four sitting at the counter, from interview 1/20/84 (1:42)
Curly Harris calls a staff meeting the next day, from interview 1/20/84 (1:10)

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