. ♪ >> university of massachusetts amherst assistant professor traci parker joins us for discussion on lunch counter sit ins of 1960. who were the "greensboro four" and why did they decide to sit down at that lunch counter in 1960? >> they work for freshman -- a&t were four freshman at and they had been thinking about racial injustices and how to integrate and how to push the movement along for some time. it was not until joseph mcneil is returning to school after when hes break in 1959 is refused a meal at a greyhound train terminal and he is just trying to buy a hot dog. and gets back to campus and he is emboldened. he says enough is enough. so him and this for friends decide they are going to target the woolworths. aggregate eating facilities in greensboro, north carolina. i find interesting is why it woolworths, woolworths was a five and dime that many people of a certain age probably still remember. it was a chain discount department store. recognizable because it is a chain across united states to people. so there is a way in which you can recognize it and see yourself and it and

an assistant professor at the university of massachusetts amherst. are talking about the 1960's lunch counter protest in this hour of "washington journal," and being joined by our friends on american history tv. inviting you to join the conversation. from lines split up recently -- regionally. (202) 748-8001 if you are in the mountain or pacific time zones. and a special line set aside for sitting participants and their family members. if you remember those days, (202) 748-8002 is the number. we would love to hear from you as we go about this hour of the washington journal. professor parker, right did this movement become the one that gets pointed to, the greensboro protest? why is that the one that started this new round of settings? this wasn't the first round. sittings. been other why is this the one that gets pointed to? guest: there is a historical moment and there is an energy and desire for immediacy among these young people. first we are in a moment after the second world war, the economy is prosperous, african-americans have now located to u

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host: tracy parker from the university of massachusetts amherst, we appreciate your time. you. host: for those who missed any of this morning's program on american history tv and here on thiswashington journal," segment will re-air tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern and 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. havehose of you that joined us on american history tv, next, you will see the award-winning film february 1, with extensive interviews with three of the greensboro four. that begins right now. ust is going to do it for this morning on "washington journal." we hope you join us tomorrow beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. we will be joined by elisabeth soto to talk about the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on child care and also daniel gerstein of the rand corporation to talk about the strategic national stockpile. that is tomorrow morning beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] c-span has unfilte

by my guest richard wolffe in new york he's a professor emeritus of economics at the university of massachusetts amherst as well as the author of the recent books understanding socialism and understanding marxism and in chicago or which he has a chief marketing strategist bubba trading all right gentleman stop rules in effect that means you can jump in time while i was appreciate todd let me go to you as you just heard in my introduction you know that we have an ongoing deep recession i think is of this morning the i.m.f. came out with their global projections and a contraction of about 5 percent globally the u.s. doesn't do much better the industrialized world is.

by my guest richard wolffe in new york he's a professor emeritus of economics at the university of massachusetts amherst as well as an author of the recent books understanding socialism and understanding marxism and in chicago or which he has a chief marketing strategist bubba trading all right gentleman stop rules in effect that means you can jump in time you want and i was appreciate todd let me go to you as you just heard in my introduction you know that we have an ongoing deep recession i think as of this morning the i.m.f. came out with their global projections that under a contraction of about 5 percent locally the u.s. doesn't do much better the industrialized world is more or less in the same position but at the same time as they say you know we how the wealthiest among us reaping in enormous revenues and profits here and the unemployment depending on who you want to look at it from 13 maybe 17 percent and that's not going to go away any time soon so what's really happening with the the economy or it's a recession deep recession for many and it's a goldilocks time for some. i think when you look

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