For those of you who keep up with such things, today is Elmo’s birthday.

On 1 February 1960, four men sat down at the lunch counter of a Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina, and changed history.

More information:

• International Civil Rights Center and Museum
• Civil Rights Greensboro
• Greensboro Sit-ins (Greensboro News & Record)
• NPR Feature

More photos after the jump.

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