Dr. King and Ralph Abernathy

A week after the sit-ins began, F.W. Woolworth temporarily closed the lunch counter. Two weeks later, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy came to North Carolina to lend their support to the movement.

Individuals Depicted

John Hope Franklin

(1915 – 2009)

Franklin McCain

(1941 – 2014)

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