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Greensboro News & Record
Saturday Morning, February 2, 1985
pRemembering
/ leader
of sit-in
visits site
When Ima Edwards approached
David Richmond at the Wool-
worth lunch counter Friday and
asked for his order, he didn't need
to look at the menu.
"I'm going to have the same
thing I asked for 25 years ago," he
said. "Do you remember?"
Edwards' memory wasn't that
sharp, though she had been a
waitress at Woolworth on Feb. 1,
1960.
"I'll have coffee and pie," Richmond said.
This time Richmond got quick
service and a hug from Edwards,
who now is the lunch counter manager.
Twenty-five years ago, all Richmond and fellow N.C. A&T State
University freshmen Franklin
McCain, Ezell Blair Jr. and Joseph McNeil got from the Wool-
worth staff were angry looks and
rejection.
It was a whites-only lunch
counter then. The four are black.
Richmond returned Friday for a
symbolic visit to the site of the
Media crowd around Woolworth lunch counter during sit-in leader David Richmond's appearance Friday
historic sit-ins, an event that
many historians credit with starting the civil rights movement in
America.
At least 12 television cameras
— including those from CBS,
Anr NBC and CNN— and doz
ens of photographers recorded
Richmond's every sip of coffee and
bite of apple pie.
The store manager who tried to
oust him in 1960 wasn't there, but
present manager Ernest Kennedy
was a gracious substitute.
"We're very glad to have you in
the store today," Kennedy told
Richmond. "We appreciate your
business."
"Wow" was Ima Edwards' response to the excitement. She
spent about as much time being in
terviewed about the way things
were as she did cooking hamburgers on the grill.
The interview lines were longest at Richmond's counter stool.
(See Counter, D2)
Object Description
| Title | Remembering: 1 leader of sit-in visits site |
| Date | 1985-02-02 |
| Creator | Schlosser, Jim |
| Contributors | Harris, Clarence Lee |
| Subject headings | Greensboro Sit-ins, Greensboro, N.C., 1960 |
| Topics | Business desegregation and sit-ins, 1960 |
| Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
| Description |
In this February 2, 1985 article published in the Greensboro News & Record, staff writer Jim Schlosser reports on one of the original four sit-in participants, David Richmond's visit to the Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter that was the site of his protest twenty-five years earlier. This time, Richmond was served by the lunch counter employee Ima Edwards, who had not been allowed to serve him years earlier. Schlosser also spoke with several other patrons that day, including an African American student attending The University of North Carolina at Greensboro who had not yet been born when the sit-ins took place. The student, Janet Banks, remembers being taken to the Woolworth lunch counter as a child but not realizing the significance of it back then. This article was clipped and saved in a scrapbook by Clarence "Curly" Harris, manager of the Greensboro Woolworth store at the time of the 1960 sit-ins. Also included are Harris� handwritten notes that offer two corrections to the article: Ima Edwards, according to Harris, was in charge of the bakery department, not the lunch counter, and Harris disputes a claim that a store manager tried to "oust" Richmond, saying he could have easily done this with a trespass warrant, "but that was never considered." |
| Type | text |
| Original format | clippings;scrapbooks |
| Original dimensions | 9" x 11" |
| Original publisher | [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] |
| Language | en |
| Contributing institution | Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
| Source collection | MSS141 Clarence Lee Harris Papers, circa 1916-1997 |
| Series/grouping | 6 Scrapbooks |
| Box | 3 |
| Folder | Folder 3: Scrapbook 8: Sit In, 25 Year Anniversary, 1985 |
| Finding aid link | http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=506 |
| Rights statement | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Additional rights information | IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse. |
| Object ID | MSS0141.003.003.0941 |
| Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/ |
| Sponsor | LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html |
| OCLC number | 884368235 |
Page/Item Description
| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | Greensboro News & Record Saturday Morning, February 2, 1985 pRemembering / leader of sit-in visits site When Ima Edwards approached David Richmond at the Wool- worth lunch counter Friday and asked for his order, he didn't need to look at the menu. "I'm going to have the same thing I asked for 25 years ago" he said. "Do you remember?" Edwards' memory wasn't that sharp, though she had been a waitress at Woolworth on Feb. 1, 1960. "I'll have coffee and pie" Richmond said. This time Richmond got quick service and a hug from Edwards, who now is the lunch counter manager. Twenty-five years ago, all Richmond and fellow N.C. A&T State University freshmen Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr. and Joseph McNeil got from the Wool- worth staff were angry looks and rejection. It was a whites-only lunch counter then. The four are black. Richmond returned Friday for a symbolic visit to the site of the Media crowd around Woolworth lunch counter during sit-in leader David Richmond's appearance Friday historic sit-ins, an event that many historians credit with starting the civil rights movement in America. At least 12 television cameras — including those from CBS, Anr NBC and CNN— and doz ens of photographers recorded Richmond's every sip of coffee and bite of apple pie. The store manager who tried to oust him in 1960 wasn't there, but present manager Ernest Kennedy was a gracious substitute. "We're very glad to have you in the store today" Kennedy told Richmond. "We appreciate your business." "Wow" was Ima Edwards' response to the excitement. She spent about as much time being in terviewed about the way things were as she did cooking hamburgers on the grill. The interview lines were longest at Richmond's counter stool. (See Counter, D2) |
