February One Statue (in front of Dudley Building)

Engraved on the February One Monument base
These four A&T Freshmen envisioned and carried out the lunch counter sit-in of February 1, 1960 in downtown Greensboro. Their courageous act against social injustice inspired similar progress across the nation and is remembered as a defining moment in the struggle for civil rights.

6000 pounds of clay is what James Barnhill used to sculpt the bronze statue. Franklin McCain, the largest at 10 feet is the most formal looking. Ezell Blair, on the other hand, is more relaxed, and the other two figures have a distant, more intense feeling about them. These four men are known as the Greensboro Four or the A&T Four.

The statue was unveiled on the 42nd anniversary, February 1, 2001. It is located in the circular drive in front of the Dudley Building. On February 1, 1960, Jibreel Khazan (Ezell Blari Jr.), Franklin Eugene McCain, Joseph Alfred McNeil and the late David Leinail Richmond took seats and requested service at F.W. Woolworth's segregated lunch counter in Greensboro. Little did they know that their actions would be replicated in segregated facilities across the nation and in civil rights movements around the world.

For more information about the sit-in:
http://www.sitins.com/index.shtml
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/februaryone/index.html