A ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 1960, ɗalibai maza huɗu na shekara ta farko sun taimaka wajen fara motsi na 'yancin jama'a a Kudancin. Ezell Blair (Jibreel Khazan), Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, da David Richmond sun "zauna" a wani gidan cin abinci na fararen fata (Woolworth's) kuma sun bukaci daidaito a wurin cin abincin rana. Ayyukan dalibai huɗu na farko sun sami ƙarfi yayin da sauran ɗaliban jami'ar suka haɗu da su a cikin zanga-zangar da ba ta da ƙarfi don kawar da cin abincin rana na Woolworth, wanda aka sani da
Zaune a cikin Greensboro. A ƙarshen Yuli 1960, Blair, McNeil, McCain da Richmond an yi wa lakabi da A&amp;T Four.