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First Sit-In Participant Finally Gets Cherry Pie BY HARVEY HARRIS Daily News Staff Writer Jibreel Khazan finally got a piece of >cherry pie at Wool- worth's here 13 years after ordering it at the lunch counter and helping to start the first sit-ins. Saturday he observed the 13th anniversary of this first sit-in and Khazan, who was then known as Ezell Blair but has become a Muslim and changed his name, joined his three companions for the sit-in in a .reunion at Woolworth's. The occasion for the reunion was the filming of an American Broadcasting Company (ABC) news telecast to be titled "What- ev' happened to the Greens- OCv^?" - Woolworth's invited the four to the store for the reunion and -fifeMBg. The f,sere's Robert A. Moye, served Kha- zan's cherry pie to him after Khazan was asked about his 13-year-old order and quipped, "It looks like I still might not get it." JOINING *HIM at the lunch counter were Joseph McNeil of New York City, Franklin McCain of Charlotte and David L. "Dara" Richmond, the only one of the Greensboro 4 who still lives here. They reminisced about the way the first sit-in started. They dared each other to do it during a campus bull session at North Carolina A&T State University, where all were students. . "We were scared, real scared, but we couldn't . back down," said McCain. "If somebody had said, 'Boo,' I'd probably have fallen off the stool," said Richmond. KHAZAN SAID he felt that if he failed to go \h rough with the sit-w "a little part of me would d{ v S V^-,«il finds it almost impossible to comprehend that "the whole civil rights movement could stem from an almost accidental thing." But the New York banker said his experience ift Greensboro, and memories of it across the Staff photo By Jim Strath Sit-In Participants Frank McCain, David Richmond, Jibreel Khazan And Joe McNeil years, have given him confidence "that such things as life patterns and power structures can be changed." The Greensboro 4 got strong backing from parents. McCain recalled his father tel- e*p honing him to say, "Son, great going. You've got all my blessings," But he also remembered his mother being very apprehensive because "she was (SO worried about my safety." McNEIL SAID, "We got thrown in jail for what we did, but we got strong moral and financial support." He recalled supporters putting up bail money when it was needed. . McCain recalled the bull session which aroused the dare that started them on their way to Woolworth's lunch counter. "We'd been kicking the idea around, then we dared each other to do it when somebody said we were like our elders who talk and do nothing." Richmond, an official of the ' Manpower program, said the reunion and telecast — scheduled for early Marchv— came at an opportune time to show- how much can be accomplished by nonviolence and let millions of Americans know "violence ife self-destructive." The Manpower official said the sit-ins and other movements stemming from them helped keep society "sensitive to the needs of people.", * * * * THE FILM crew spent most of Friday filming a human relations w o r k s h o p led by Richmond, where he was working with a group of 110 people, including about 30 policemen. His activities include service on the' Greensboro Chamber of Commerce's Council on Community Unity and Richmond believes all of this stems from his first sit-in. Khazan is a teacher in a construction program in the Boston area, McCain is development engineer for Celanese at Charlotte and McNeil is in commercial lending with Bankers Trust Co. in New York'City. All of them are married, have families and consider themselves "settled down." McNeil is 30, the others are 31 years old. None regrets What he did and they agreed Saturday that, if they had it to do again, the Greensboro 4 would act no differently from the way they did at the first sit-in. McCain's seven-year-old son knows about the sit-ins, but McNeil said many of his friends and co-workers in New York City don't know anything about his participation.
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Full text | First Sit-In Participant Finally Gets Cherry Pie BY HARVEY HARRIS Daily News Staff Writer Jibreel Khazan finally got a piece of >cherry pie at Wool- worth's here 13 years after ordering it at the lunch counter and helping to start the first sit-ins. Saturday he observed the 13th anniversary of this first sit-in and Khazan, who was then known as Ezell Blair but has become a Muslim and changed his name, joined his three companions for the sit-in in a .reunion at Woolworth's. The occasion for the reunion was the filming of an American Broadcasting Company (ABC) news telecast to be titled "What- ev' happened to the Greens- OCv^?" - Woolworth's invited the four to the store for the reunion and -fifeMBg. The f,sere's Robert A. Moye, served Kha- zan's cherry pie to him after Khazan was asked about his 13-year-old order and quipped, "It looks like I still might not get it." JOINING *HIM at the lunch counter were Joseph McNeil of New York City, Franklin McCain of Charlotte and David L. "Dara" Richmond, the only one of the Greensboro 4 who still lives here. They reminisced about the way the first sit-in started. They dared each other to do it during a campus bull session at North Carolina A&T State University, where all were students. . "We were scared, real scared, but we couldn't . back down," said McCain. "If somebody had said, 'Boo,' I'd probably have fallen off the stool," said Richmond. KHAZAN SAID he felt that if he failed to go \h rough with the sit-w "a little part of me would d{ v S V^-,«il finds it almost impossible to comprehend that "the whole civil rights movement could stem from an almost accidental thing." But the New York banker said his experience ift Greensboro, and memories of it across the Staff photo By Jim Strath Sit-In Participants Frank McCain, David Richmond, Jibreel Khazan And Joe McNeil years, have given him confidence "that such things as life patterns and power structures can be changed." The Greensboro 4 got strong backing from parents. McCain recalled his father tel- e*p honing him to say, "Son, great going. You've got all my blessings," But he also remembered his mother being very apprehensive because "she was (SO worried about my safety." McNEIL SAID, "We got thrown in jail for what we did, but we got strong moral and financial support." He recalled supporters putting up bail money when it was needed. . McCain recalled the bull session which aroused the dare that started them on their way to Woolworth's lunch counter. "We'd been kicking the idea around, then we dared each other to do it when somebody said we were like our elders who talk and do nothing." Richmond, an official of the ' Manpower program, said the reunion and telecast — scheduled for early Marchv— came at an opportune time to show- how much can be accomplished by nonviolence and let millions of Americans know "violence ife self-destructive." The Manpower official said the sit-ins and other movements stemming from them helped keep society "sensitive to the needs of people.", * * * * THE FILM crew spent most of Friday filming a human relations w o r k s h o p led by Richmond, where he was working with a group of 110 people, including about 30 policemen. His activities include service on the' Greensboro Chamber of Commerce's Council on Community Unity and Richmond believes all of this stems from his first sit-in. Khazan is a teacher in a construction program in the Boston area, McCain is development engineer for Celanese at Charlotte and McNeil is in commercial lending with Bankers Trust Co. in New York'City. All of them are married, have families and consider themselves "settled down." McNeil is 30, the others are 31 years old. None regrets What he did and they agreed Saturday that, if they had it to do again, the Greensboro 4 would act no differently from the way they did at the first sit-in. McCain's seven-year-old son knows about the sit-ins, but McNeil said many of his friends and co-workers in New York City don't know anything about his participation. |