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The er Anniversary
„A'A?< .
BftTANBACK.«r»-r
V978 Republican cand.date 10
I attorney
"I was at N .C. Central (in Durham)
when the sit-ins started. There was a lot
of excitement-, just about every black 1
college student was involved. There was '
a feeling you were part of something
good, that you were doing something
right for a change. And the camaraderie L
was incredible. 1 can't remember another j
time the black race has ever been so
unified.
"Now I see the races are coming closer
in every aspect of life—like the music
field, with Prince and Michael Jackson
. . . But there's still a lot of misunderstanding. Take the matter of suntanning.
Lots of people don't realize black people ]
can get a sunburn. Little things like that '
don't seem important but they indi ate a I
lack of. understanding.
"I think jobs and business should be I
our thrust for the next 10 years. We need I
to start creating jobs in the private
sector. These are the things that change.
our standard of living because they'll go
on and on, not like government jobs .
1 decided (to become a Republican)
because I never believed that any group
should put all its eggs in one basket.
We want a shot at all the slots."
Twenty-fi\« v< in 1 >n l .'b. 1, four
young i v-crsity students |
sat down at a Woolworths lunch counter and refused to leave until they were I
served. In a special, three-part report,
The Independent tries to put. this
moment in perspective.
• Duke University history professor I
William Chafe recalls the events and
muses on their significance. His story,
accompanied by historical photos,
appears on pages 10 and 11.
• Black business leader and former
state minority affairs advisor Ben Ruf-
fin talks about the civil rights move- I
ment yesterday, today and tomorrow, |
on page 12. J
• And The Independent interviews a
variety of Greensboro residents: those
who were there, those who remember
and those who were not yet born, on
pages 10-13. .^ ^^^^^
JAMES MCMILLIAN, 54,
maintenance supervisor, interviewed
at Woolworth's
"I been coming here since, Lord have
mercy, 1945. There was trouble for
awhile; they used to march up and down
the street out there. But for me, it wasnt
no drastic change. You see, I come off
a farm, and I been knowing black people
all my life. Every time we'd have a
threshing we'd all eat at the same table.
I don't believe in making a slave of nobody ... The only inconvenience I had
at that time was when they put on the
curfew. I had to drive all the way up
to Virginia to get beer^
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| Full text | The er Anniversary „A'A?< . BftTANBACK.«r»-r V978 Republican cand.date 10 I attorney "I was at N .C. Central (in Durham) when the sit-ins started. There was a lot of excitement-, just about every black 1 college student was involved. There was ' a feeling you were part of something good, that you were doing something right for a change. And the camaraderie L was incredible. 1 can't remember another j time the black race has ever been so unified. "Now I see the races are coming closer in every aspect of life—like the music field, with Prince and Michael Jackson . . . But there's still a lot of misunderstanding. Take the matter of suntanning. Lots of people don't realize black people ] can get a sunburn. Little things like that ' don't seem important but they indi ate a I lack of. understanding. "I think jobs and business should be I our thrust for the next 10 years. We need I to start creating jobs in the private sector. These are the things that change. our standard of living because they'll go on and on, not like government jobs . 1 decided (to become a Republican) because I never believed that any group should put all its eggs in one basket. We want a shot at all the slots." Twenty-fi\« v< in 1 >n l .'b. 1, four young i v-crsity students | sat down at a Woolworths lunch counter and refused to leave until they were I served. In a special, three-part report, The Independent tries to put. this moment in perspective. • Duke University history professor I William Chafe recalls the events and muses on their significance. His story, accompanied by historical photos, appears on pages 10 and 11. • Black business leader and former state minority affairs advisor Ben Ruf- fin talks about the civil rights move- I ment yesterday, today and tomorrow, | on page 12. J • And The Independent interviews a variety of Greensboro residents: those who were there, those who remember and those who were not yet born, on pages 10-13. .^ ^^^^^ JAMES MCMILLIAN, 54, maintenance supervisor, interviewed at Woolworth's "I been coming here since, Lord have mercy, 1945. There was trouble for awhile; they used to march up and down the street out there. But for me, it wasnt no drastic change. You see, I come off a farm, and I been knowing black people all my life. Every time we'd have a threshing we'd all eat at the same table. I don't believe in making a slave of nobody ... The only inconvenience I had at that time was when they put on the curfew. I had to drive all the way up to Virginia to get beer^ |
