Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin basasa, baƙar fata sun tura a Arewacin Carolina da kuma kudancin don sake samun 'yancin su na tsarin mulki. Daliban kwaleji daga Kwalejin Noma da Fasaha ta Arewacin Carolina (A&amp;T), kwalejin baƙar fata ta tarihi, sun mai da Greensboro cibiyar zanga-zanga da canji. A ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 1960, ɗaliban kwaleji baƙi huɗu
zauna a "all-fari" Woolworth ta abincin rana counter, kuma ya ki barin bayan da aka hana su sabis. Sun riga sun sayi abubuwa a wasu ɓangarorin shagon kuma sun riƙe rasit ɗin. Bayan an hana su cin abincin rana, sai suka fito da rasit ɗin, suna tambayar dalilin da ya sa kuɗin da suke da shi ya yi daidai a dukan shagon amma ba a kantin ba. Ba da daɗewa ba ɗaruruwan magoya baya suka shiga wannan zaman, wanda ya ɗauki watanni da yawa. Irin wannan zanga-zangar da sauri ta bazu a Kudancin, wanda a ƙarshe ya haifar da rashin rarrabuwa na kantin abincin rana da sauran wurare a Woolworth's da sauran sarƙoƙi.