In this file photo, the lunch counter at the former F.W. Woolworth in Greensboro, N.C., where four college freshmen walked into on Jan. 1, 1960, bought a few items, then sat down at the “whites only” lunch counter, sparking a wave of civil rights protest that changed America.

First published in the June 07, 2011, 1:42 p.m. edition

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