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Post by Aggie One on Feb 2, 2018 10:47:22 GMT -5
‘Beyond courageous’: Journalist April Ryan challenges N.C. A&T students to turn words into action By John Newsom john.newsom@greensboro.comGREENSBORO — Oh, yes. April Ryan sees all you young people on social media. The veteran White House correspondent sees your tweets and your Instagram posts. She senses that you’re upset. She knows that you’re hiding your fear and anger and outrage behind emojis. On Feb. 1, 1960, Ryan reminded an audience Thursday at N.C. A&T, four college freshmen sat down at the Woolworth’s “whites only” lunch counter in downtown Greensboro to protest the public segregation prevalent throughout the South. Like today’s teens on social media, these A&T freshmen were 17 and 18 years old. They, too, were upset. But those four young people took action and, ultimately, helped spark a movement. “Fifty-eight years ago, there were four young men who said, ‘I’m not going to take it,’ ” Ryan said. “Thank God there wasn’t Twitter back then for them. Instead of tweeting, ‘Woolworth, take that!’ — what they did was beyond courageous.” For the rest of the story: www.greensboro.com/news/schools/beyond-courageous-journalist-april-ryan-challenges-n-c-a-t/article_6bb54a28-2de8-53a6-983f-cb30f8b69ac9.html
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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 9, 2018 15:21:24 GMT -5
58th Sit-In Anniversary Breakfast Celebration
By Yasmine Regester / February 9, 2018 April Ryan, White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Networks and CNN political analyst, served as the breakfast keynote speaker White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks and CNN political analyst April Ryan served as keynote speaker at North Carolina A&T State University’s annual gathering to celebrate and remember the courageous act of four A&T freshmen: Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil and David Richmond. This yearly tradition commemorates the four students who began the lunch counter sit-ins at the F.W. Woolworth’s store on February 1, 1960, in downtown Greensboro. The “A&T Four” sat–in at the Whites–only Woolworth’s lunch counter and refused to leave when denied service. They stayed until the store closed and returned the next day with 25 fellow students. That pivotal moment helped galvanize the American Civil Rights Movement and lunch counter sit-ins across the United States. Several hundred people attended the 58th Annual February One Sit-In Commemorative program called ‘Conscious for the Culture,’ but Ryan directed her message to the students in attendance. Read more: www.peacemakeronline.com/58th-sit-anniversary-breakfast-celebration/
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