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1960 Sit-Ins

Elizabeth City, North Carolina
· NC Civil Rights Trail
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On Feb. 11, students from nearby Elizabeth City State began sit-ins at the W. T. Grant lunch counter here. The chain integrated its counters on July 11.
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