Franklin McCain, 53 years after Greensboro sit-ins, sees parallels in current North Carolina rights battles

theGRIO REPORT – It’s been more than 53 years since Feb. 1, 1960, the day when Franklin McCain, David Richmond, Joseph McNeil and Ezell Blair Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan) bought a few things from the F.W. Woolworth in Greensboro, N.C., sat down at the lunch counter, asked to be served and were refused because of their race…