Ranar 1 ga watan Fabrairun shekara ta 1960, dalibai maza huɗu sun taimaka wajen tayar da '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 'yan makarantar farko guda hudu sun sami karfin gwiwa yayin da sauran daliban jami'ar suka shiga cikin zanga-zangar da ba ta da karfi don dakatar da cin abincin rana na Woolworth, wanda aka sani da Greensboro sit-ins
Ka yi haƙuri. A ƙarshen Yuli 1960, Blair, McNeil, McCain da Richmond an yi wa lakabi da A&amp;T Four.