The Greensboro Four were a group of four black college students who helped spark the Civil Rights Movement by staging a sit-in protest at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, on February 1, 1960. The four students were Ezell Blair Jr. (now known as Jibreel Khazan), Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond, all of whom were freshmen at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

The Greensboro Four's peaceful protest at the Woolworth's department store lunch counter inspired similar sit-ins and demonstrations across the South, challenging racial segregation and discrimination in public places. Their actions helped bring national attention to the unjust practices of segregation and played a significant role in the desegregation of public accommodations.

The sit-in movement led by the Greensboro Four symbolized the power of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience in the fight for racial equality and justice. Their courage and determination inspired a new generation of activists and laid the groundwork for the broader civil rights movement of the 1960s. The Greensboro Four remain important figures in Black history and their legacy continues to resonate in the ongoing struggle for racial justice and equality.