Students in Greensboro, North Carolina, sat at a Woolworth's lunch counter all day on February 1, 1960 but were never served because the
A) store had closed out of fear of a race riot.
B) lunch counter served white customers only and the students were black.
C) lunch counter served black customers only and the students were white.
D) store owners were protesting the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision.
Answer: B
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