these four young gentlemen were franklin mccain, is aware, joseph mcneil, and david richmond. they were freshmen at north carolina amt state university, a historically black college. they came to the woolworth's store, sat at the lunch counter and asked to order some coffee and i believe, a piece of pie. the response was really mixed. just like, "you boys go on from here." i think another waitress was saying something like "we don't serve colored people here." they set down to take that first step in the demonstration. the word spread quickly that this would be ongoing and that other people were wanting to get involved. there were other adults showing up, other students that said he wanted to be part of it. students from bennett college. other students and other community members that want to get involved and stand behind this brave and courageous step. they waved their consequences. they talked about being afraid but they also talked about what i would say that courage is not the lack of fear but doing what's right in the face of fear. it's the way that they finally decided t