Joseph McNeil, who helped spark a protest movement at a North Carolina lunch counter, dies at 83

Civil rights pioneer Joseph McNeil dies

RALEIGH — Joseph McNeil, one of four North Carolina college students whose occupation of a racially segregated Woolworth's lunch counter 65 years ago helped spark nonviolent civil rights sit-in protests across the South, died Thursday, his university said. He was…

Joseph McNeil, who helped spark a protest movement at a Greensboro lunch counter, dies at 83

Joseph McNeil was a member of the Greensboro 4 at NC A&T State University who launched the sit-in movement at the Woolworth lunch counter in NC

North Carolina A&T State University students remember Joseph McNeil

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) -- On Feb 1, 1960, four brave NC A&T State University students sparked a movement that changed the nation. They sat at a segregated part of the Woolworth's lunch counter and fought for civil rights. Joseph McNeil was one of them. On Thursday, McNeil passed away at the age of 83. Several students and faculty members stopped in front of a monument of the Greensboro Four on Friday, reflecting on how the four young men change…

Civil Rights Icon Joseph McNeil Of The Greensboro Four Dies At 83

The Greensboro Four: How Four Students Sparked a Movement That Changed Civil Rights Forever

In 1960, four Black students sat at a “whites only” lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. The protest and others like it led to broad desegregation.

Joseph McNeil, of the "Greensboro Four", passes at 83

Maj. Gen. Joseph McNeil, a civil rights pioneer and one of the “Greensboro Four,” died on September 4, 2025, at the age of 83. His passing leaves Jibreel Khazan as the sole surviving member of the group of Black college students who helped ignite a nationwide protest movement with a simple, yet courageous, act of […] The post Joseph McNeil, of the “Greensboro Four”, passes at 83 appeared first on The Black Wall Street Times.