Ezell Blair Jr.
American civil rights activist (b. 1941) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jibreel Khazan (born Ezell Alexander Blair Jr.; October 18, 1941) is a civil rights activist who is best known as a member of the Greensboro Four, a group of African American college students who, on February 1, 1960, sat down at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina challenging the store's policy of denying service to non-white customers. The protests and the subsequent events were major milestones in the Civil Rights Movement.[1][2]
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Born | Ezell Alexander Blair Jr. (1941-10-18) October 18, 1941 (age 82) |
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Known for | Staging Greensboro sit-ins during Civil Rights Movement |
Spouse | Lorraine France George |
Children | 3 |
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