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    The GREENSBORO SIT-IN were a progression of peaceful dissents in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, which prompted the Woolworth retail chain evacuating its approach of racial isolation in the Southern United States. Regardless of advances in the battle for racial balance (counting the historic point 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Leading group of Education and the Montgomery Bus Boycott), isolation was still the over the southern United States in 1960. Early that year, a peaceful challenge by youthful African-American understudies at an isolated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, started a sit-in development that soon spread to school towns all through the area. Despite the fact that a hefty portion of the…

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    2.Greensboro sit-in was a non violent protest carried out by african american students. The original students who began the greensboro where Ezell Blair, David Richmond, Franklin McClain and Joseph McNiel. They were soon known as the “Greensboro Four.” The protest began on february 1st 1960, when he nonviolent protest was carried out by the African American students mentioned above. They entered the segregated woolworth’s, Greensboro, North Carolina. They then took a seat at the lunch counter…

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    to leave and not served. These men were David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and Ezell Blair Jr, together known as the Greensboro four. Woolworths Department store in Greensboro, North Carolina would ever be the same again. This is because the Greensboro Sit-Ins forwarded the civil rights of people by proving that non-violent protests can end racial segregation. The Greensboro Sit-Ins mainly occurred at Woolworth's Department Store Chain, in Greensboro, North Carolina…

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    Tear for tear I have overcome the seemingly hopeless boughs of depression after experiencing years of sexual assault, abuse, and bulling. Word for word I am the voice of every UNCG student who could not fight alone and I have not fought alone as I have had countless friends and faculty stand by my side to show me my worth and help me rise to my potential. The very first day I came to visit UNCG I knew that I was home and that the students here would be my family. Like any family you want to…

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    The sit-in helped integrate other facilities. The Greensboro sit-ins were the first move African Americans made to change racial segregation and it didn’t just influence southern states but states all over the U.S. Protest were spreading from state to state and cities to cities. African Americans were sick of getting treated like they were different people, it was time to stand up and make a change! Slowly but surely restaurants throughout the south began to abandon their policies of…

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    The parent Center offers a mission statement which is to “accelerate certain industry technology-based economic development through innovation, commercialization, education, and business growth”. Founded in 1984 by the general assembly of the state of North Carolina, the Center works to bring economic growth to North Carolina in a certain business…

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    Cook Out is an American chain of fast food restaurants centralized in the southern states. Cook Out was founded in 1986 by Morris Reaves in Greensboro North Carolina. Since then the chain has surged in popularity, with over 100 locations in North Carolina and many out of state as well, from Mississippi to Maryland. Cook Out is themed on “outdoors style” cooking as its name and moniker suggest. This is not limited to burgers, hotdogs, chicken sandwiches, and other tailgate and southern favorites.…

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    Fox News documents that North Carolina's bathroom bill limits peoples to public restrooms aligned with their gender at birth. The bill prompted a backlash that threatened to hurt the state’s economy which was revamped by lawmakers. This article falls under the neutral category. The last source I will be using is “All States Anti Transgender Legislation Bathroom Bills." written by Refinery29. Refinery29 argues that transgender issues are on people’s minds more now, than ever. The author of…

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    As every college student I plan on working extremely hard for the highest G.P.A possible. I have started off my freshman year on the right foot and hopefully I continue on the right path towards success. This school year with the help of my peer leader and my academic mentor, I have decided to also major in sports management due my passion of analyzing sports as well as managing the business side of things. Additionally, I have greatly appreciated my student mentors and shown me that leadership…

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    generalization, the same types of affects have been taking place in North Carolina over the years. In doing some research about how this impacts our own state I have learned through the N.C. Department of Commerce’s 2016 Employer Needs Survey, more than one-third or 39% of respondents from among the 1,900 businesses surveyed across every North Carolina county concluded to have had difficulty in filling positions in the past year (Salamido, 2016). CONS: The article touched on climate as a vital…

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