I te Hui-tanguru 3, 1960, ka pānui a Lonnie King, te kaumatua o te Whare Wānanga o Atlanta (AUC), mo nga tamariki tokowha i tīmata i te noho-i te Whare Taonga o Woolworth i te taone nui o Greensboro
, North Carolina i te Hui-tanguru 1. Ko tēnei tūnga tuatahi i puta ai te manawanui ā-hinengaro me te manawanui ā-tinana, i hopuhia e ngā arotahi o ngā kairipoata, i whakaatu i tētahi whakatupuranga hou o ngā pakeke taitamariki ki te mahi ā-tuuturu kore-tino. Ko te mea tuatahi i puta ki te hinengaro o Kingi ko ngā whakaekenga o ngā kākahu me te tere o te horapa o ēnei whakaekenga mai i tētahi kura ki tētahi atu. I whakapono a King me whakamahi te ariā o te whakaekenga o te panty ki te Huringa Tika Tangata na te mea kei te waatea te wehewehe. Ko te wehewehe he raruraru i puta puta noa i te tonga, ehara i te mea i Greensboro anake. I korero a Kingi ki a Joseph Pierce me Julian Bond mo te whakahaere i tetahi Nekehanga Akoranga i te Whare Wananga o Atlanta. Kaore nga tokotoru i makona ki te tere o Atlanta mo te whakarereke i te wehewehe, ka whakatau ki te mahi.