Franklin McCain Dies, Helped Launch Protest Of Whites-Only Lunch Counters In U.S

Source: Reuters WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina – African-American civil rights leader Franklin McCain, who as a college student helped launch the U.S. sit-in movement against segregation at whites-only lunch counters, has died, his alma mater said on Friday. McCain and three classmates from North Carolina A&T State University began the first of many similar peaceful protests [...]