Ezell Blair Jr.

Jibreel Khazan (born Ezell Alexander Blair Jr.; October 18, 1941) is a civil rights activist who is best known as a member of the Greensboro Four, a group of African American college students who, on February 1, 1960, sat down at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina challenging the store's policy of denying service to non-white customers. The protests and the subsequent events were major milestones in the Civil Rights Movement.

Ezell Blair Jr.
Born
Ezell Alexander Blair Jr.

(1941-10-18) October 18, 1941
Alma mater
Known forStaging Greensboro sit-ins during Civil Rights Movement
SpouseLorraine France George
Children3
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