Review: SNCC chronicle is deft history of era

 
KENDAL WEAVER
Published: December 16, 2009

"The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation," (Hill and Wang, 339 pages, $27), by Andrew B. Lewis : Even after nearly 50 years, the names bear repeating: Franklin McCain , David Richmond , Ezell Blair and Joseph McNeil .

They were freshmen at North Carolina AT on Feb. 1, 1960, when they took their seats at the whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth 's in downtown Greensbor...


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