"You don't need permission to stand up':
- Roland Martin
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N.C A&T held the 60th Sit-In Anniversary Breakfast Celebration at its Greensboro campus on Jan. 31, 2020. The event commemorates the first downtown Greensboro NC sit-in on Feb. 1, 1960, and celebrates the four A&T freshmen who led the effort to integrate whites-only lunch counters.

Roland Martin, a TV commentator who now hosts his own daily YouTube show, says elder black Americans deserve respect for their efforts. But younger African Americans don't need their permission to push for more change.

Photograph collage description:
Top row l to r: U.S. Rep. Alma S. Adams listens as she is introduced as the Human Rights Medal recipient; Joseph Alfred McNeil, right, and Judy Rashid share a moment after the wreath laying ceremony; Guest speaker Roland Martin places the memorial wreaths back into place after the flowers were moved to make photos at the February One Monument.

Second row l to r: People watch the ceremonies at the wreath laying at the February One Monument at N.C. A&T; Journalist Roland Martin speaks at N.C. A&T's Feb. 1 commemoration; The Richard B. Harrison Players perform a reenactment of the original four;

Third row l to r: Mr. Charles Bess Recalls The Greensboro Sit-Ins
In an iconic photo from 60 years ago, four young African American men sit at a Woolworth’s lunch counter and stare resolutely back at the photographer behind them. Behind the counter is a young busboy. His name was Charles Bess; U.S. Rep. Alma S. Adams speaks after being awarded the Human Rights Medal; Students from The Middle College at N.C. A&T lead high school students in a march from the A&T campus to the International Civil Rights Center & Museum, the former site of a Woolworth store where the first Greensboro sit-in was held on Feb. 1, 1960.

Fourth row l to r: Jibreel Khazan and Joseph Alfred McNeil sit on the front row at the wreath laying ceremony; Joseph Alfred McNeil greets people after the wreath laying ceremony; Jibreel Khazan and Joseph Alfred McNeil and the families of Franklin Eugene McCain and David Leinail Richmond stand in front of the February One Monument on the N.C. A&T campus.
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Photos: The 60th Sit-In Anniversary Breakfast Celebration at N.C. A&T
Friday January 31, 2020

*All Photos taken by Woody Marshall/News & Record*