Civil Rights Pioneer Joseph McNeil Dies at 83
Joseph McNeil, a key figure in the 1960 Greensboro sit-in that helped ignite the civil rights movement, died at 83. He and his classmates from North Carolina A&T State University challenged segregation at Woolworth’s lunch counter, inspiring nationwide protests and contributing to the eventual desegregation of lunch counters across the U.S. McNeil's activism was driven by a desire for dignity and equality, and he later served in the Air Force and worked in aviation safety.
