Iā Fepuari 1, 1960, e toʻafā tama aʻoga i le uluaʻi tausaga na fesoasoani e faatupuina le suiga o aia tatau a tagata i le itu i Saute. Na "nofo" Ezell Blair (Jibreel Khazan), Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, ma David Richmond i se faleʻaiga e ʻai ai tagata papaʻe (Woolworth's) ma fai atu e tatau ona tutusa le auaunaga i le faleʻaiga. Na faateteleina gaoioiga a tamaiti aʻoga fou e toʻafā, ina ua auai isi tamaiti aʻoga o le iunivesite iā i latou i le tetee lē sauā ina ia faamutaina le faailoga tagata i le faleʻaiga o meaʻai i Woolworth, lea na taʻua o le Greensboro sit-in
. I le faaiʻuga o Iulai 1960, na faaigoa ai Blair, McNeil, McCain ma Richmond o le A&amp;T Four.