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J. Charles Jones

civil-rights leader

Johnson C. Smith University student who led Charlotte's February 1960 lunch-counter sit-ins.

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  1. 1960 · 1960-02-09

    Two hundred twenty-eight Johnson C. Smith University students, led by J. Charles Jones, marched from the campus gates to stage sit-ins at eight whites-only lunch counters in downtown Charlotte, including Belk, Ivey's, Woolworth's and Kress, eight days after the Greensboro sit-ins began.

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    Source · checked 2026-08-15