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Retired U.S. Rep. G. K. Butterfield of Wilson, North Carolina speaks to a crowd at N.C. A&T

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N.C. A&T community celebrates 65th anniversary of civil rights sit-in

4:33pm January 31, 2025

Feb. 1 will mark the 65th anniversary of when four North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University freshman staged a sit-in at a Greensboro lunch counter to fight segregation.

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Attendees gathered around the February One monument

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NC A&T commemorates 64th anniversary of civil rights sit-in with conversation about social justice

2:49pm February 01, 2024

by Amy Diaz

Sixty-four years ago, four North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University freshmen staged a sit-in at a Woolworth in Greensboro to fight segregation. The school commemorated the anniversary today with a conversation about social justice.

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Middle College at NC A&T will be renamed to honor students who led sit-in

11:31am April 13, 2022

by Neal Charnoff

The Middle College at North Carolina A&T State University will change its name to honor four former