Whakamahia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te paetahi o te kura tuarua, ka neke te whānau o McNeil ki New York City ki te rapu i ngā whai wāhitanga mahi pai ake. I te ngahuru, ka uru a McNeil ki te Whare Wananga ahuwhenua me te Hangarau o North Carolina i runga i te karahipi katoa. He tino rereke ki te hapori tuwhera o te raki, he uaua ki a McNeil te noho ki te tonga wehewehe. I North Carolina A&amp;T i tūtaki ai a McNeil ki ētahi atu ākonga tau tuatahi e toru: ko Ezell Blair Jr., ko Franklin McCain, ko David Richmond, ā, ka mōhiotia ēnei tokowhā i muri mai ko
Ko te Greensboro Four. Ko te mea i ārahi ai te tokowhā ki a rāua anō, nā te mea i noho rātau i te papa kotahi o te whare moenga, ā, he rite tonu ā rātou hiahia. I muri i tana haerenga ki tētahi konohete me ona hoa, ka puta te whakaaro o McNeil i te mea i kite ia i te maha o nga mema o te hunga whakarongo e kore e whakaaro, e whakapehapeha ana. I taua wa tonu i hiahia a McNeil me ona hoa ki te mahi hei whakautu ki te whanonga e kore e whakaaetia i kitea i te konohete. I tiimata a McNeil ki te tirotiro me te panui i etahi pukapuka mo te whakatairanga me te whakaata whakaaro mai i te whare pukapuka, ko tetahi, ko "Te Negro Hou".