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Joseph McNeil, member of the Greensboro Four, dies at 83

Joseph McNeil, member of the Greensboro Four, dies at 83

There was a time when Joseph McNeil was heading toward a life of segregation. Separate bathrooms, beaches, theaters, schools, elevators, cemeteries. Separate was what he knew. “I had experienced that, my parents had experienced that, their parents had experienced that,” McNeil said in 2014. “And in all likelihood, my off-spring, my children, would have faced the same issues.” McNeil, and …

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