Franklin McCain
| Franklin McCain | |
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McCain circa 1960
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| Born |
January 3, 1941 Union County, North Carolina |
| Died | January 9, 2014 (aged 73) Moses Cone Hospital, Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Resting place | Oaklawn Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Alma mater | North Carolina A&T State University |
| Known for | Staging a sit-in at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina to protest the store's policy, which refused to serve African American customers. |
| Home town | Washington, D.C. |
| Spouse(s) | Bettye Davis McCain (m. 1965 - w. 2013) |
| Children | Franklin McCain Jr. Wendell McCain W. Bertrand McCain |
| Parent(s) | Mattie McCain Warner McCain |
Franklin Eugene McCain (January 3, 1941 – January 9, 2014) was an American civil rights activist and member of the Greensboro Four. McCain, along with fellow North Carolina A&T State University students Ezell Blair, Jr., Joseph McNeil and David Richmond, staged a sit-in protest at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, on February 1, 1960. Their actions were credited with launching the Greensboro sit-ins which successfully brought about the reversal of Woolworth's policy of racial segregation in their southern stores, and increased national sentiment to the fight of African-Americans in the south.
Mccain was born in Union County, North Carolina, on January 3, 1941. He attended James B. Dudley High School in Greensboro for one year, but moved with his family to Northeast, Washington, D.C.. McCain graduated from Eastern High School in Washington D.C. in 1959. In the fall of 1959, McCain enrolled at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. It was during his freshmen year that he just months before joining three other freshman to stage the Greensboro sit-ins at Woolworth's in February 1960.
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