Sitters-In Invited To Return
Telecast To Commemorate Original Event
BY HARVEY HARRIS
Daily News Staff Writer
Guess who's coming to lunch?
The Greensboro 4, that's who
|— at Woolworth's where they
refused service at the
I lunch counter 13 years ago when
I they began the first sit-ins.
~" occasion for the reunion
I is the filming of an American
I Broadcasting Company (A B C)
; telecast. It will be titled
1 a t e v e r Happened to the
| Greensboro 4?"
Woolworth's has invited the
tour to the store for the reunion
I and filming. Robert A. Moye,
I manager, confirmed Wednesday
1 the invitation extended by
I Woolworth's here.
The show, which will be one of
I the fifst shows on a new weekly
J special called "The Reasoner
I Report," hosted by newscaster
I Harry Reasoner, will tell what
1 has happened to the four men
■ who staged the first sit-ins 13
I years ago at Woolworth's lunch
| counter here.
THE FILM CREW is hoping
to complete its work in time for
I this telecast on 125 ABC-TV af-
1 filiate stations early in March.
~ reunion of the Greensboro
4 will be about 10:15 a.m. Saturday at Woolworth s.
The television film crew spent
most of Wednesday and is continuing today following David L.
"Dave" Richmond, who has continued living in Greensboro and
who is now an official on the
Manpower program.
Other members of the Greensboro 4 are scattered to other
places, and the film crew Just
finished some footage at Long
Island and will be filming Monday in the Boston area.
GARY HERMAN, one of seven
field representatives for the
i Reasoner Report, said filming
on location will feature small
profiles of each sit-in leader, but
the "important part," the focal
' point of the telecast, will be
Saturday's reunion at Wool-
Bill Wordham, Atlanta bureau
chief for ABC-TV news, will be
In charge of Saturday's inter-
Herman said all of the shows
will reflect the personality of
Harry Reasoner, but Reasoner
— because of other commitments — won't always be on
location when the telecasts are
being filmed.
The first Reasoner Report will .
be telecast Feb. 24 and Herman ,
hopes to have the Greensboro 4 '■■
show ready for telecasting the.
first or second Saturday in
March, "d e p e n d i n g on how
quickly I can get it edited," he
explained.
RICHMOND SEES the telecast
as an opportunity to tell millions
of Americans how much can be
accomplished b y non-violence;
and let them know "violence is
self-destructive."
He said the recent violence;
death and destruction in such I
places as New Orleans ."just I
bugs the hell out of me." The
backlash which comes from violence, merely erases all accomplishments for bringing about j
meaningful change in our
ciety and our nation, explained I
Richmond.
But the Greensboro s it-
leader hopes the Reasoner Re- I
port will give the nation
tribute to our frustrations and |
tangible evidence of the change
David Richmond (L) With Gary Herman Of ABC i
