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Youth Town Hall with the Greensboro Four:
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Woolworth Lunch Counter Student Sit-Ins
February 4, 2010, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern time

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History (NMAH) is offering an opportunity for your students to experience living history. The three surviving members of the Greensboro Four, Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Blair, Jr.), Franklin McCain, and Joseph McNeil will participate in an oral history about their bold action that ignited student involvement in the Civil Rights Movement when they staged a sit-in at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina on February 1, 1960.

The four men were only freshman at North Carolina A&T University when they began the movement that would lead to the desegregation of that particular lunch counter and sparked a student movement that spread across the nation. This is an opportunity for students around the same age as the Greensboro Four at the time of their protest to learn about student activism and civic engagement first-hand.

This special youth town hall will feature an oral history conducted by Christopher W. Wilson, Director of the Program in African American Culture at the National Museum of American History, along with a question and answer session. It will also include excerpts from the Museum's Historic Theatre programs Sing for Freedom and the award-winning Join the Student Sit Ins. Xavier Carnegie, a talented young actor from the Museum's historic theatre company and who presents Join the Student Sit-Ins for the public, will act as the show's host.

To prepare your students for the Webcast go to: http://americanhistory.si.edu/freedomandjustice/learning_resources.html

To submit questions prior to the Webcast email us at thinkfinity@si.edu Questions will also be accepted during the Webcast via live chat.

To join the Webcast go to: http://americanhistory.si.edu/freedomandjustice/learning_resources.html

The National Museum of American History is Telling Stories of Freedom and Justice in 2010. To learn more, please visit http://americanhistory.si.edu/freedomandjustice