Franklin McCain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFranklin McCain
American activist
Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1941
Place of Birth: Union County, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 09-Jan-2014
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Franklin McCain
- Franklin Eugene McCain (January 3, 1941 – January 9, 2014) was an American civil rights activist and member of the Greensboro Four.
- McCain, along with fellow North Carolina A&T State University students Ezell Blair Jr., Joseph McNeil and David Richmond, staged a sit-in protest at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, on February 1, 1960.
- Their actions were credited with launching the Greensboro sit-ins which successfully brought about the reversal of Woolworth's policy of racial segregation in their southern stores, and increased national sentiment to the fight of African-Americans in the south.
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