“The death of civil rights leader Franklin McCain is a tremendous loss for North Carolina and our country," Hagan said. “The death of civil rights leader Franklin McCain is a tremendous loss for North Carolina and our country," Hagan said. GREENSBORO, N.C. — Civil Rights leader and one of the “Greensboro Four” Franklin McCain has died following a brief illness. He was 72-years-old. McCain was famous for his sit-in protest at a Woolworth's in 1960. The young men stayed until the store closed, but returned the next day and subsequent days. McCain, Franklin (Franklin Eugene), 1941-Biography: Franklin Eugene McCain is one of the original four who took part in the Woolworth sit-in on February 1, 1960 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Franklin McCain, an influential civil rights leader and member of the "Greenboro Four," died on Thursday, the Winston-Salem Journal reported.. They were joined by more protesters, whose numbers built to at least 1,000 by the fifth day. Franklin McCain in 2010 at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Greensboro lunch counter sit-in. Franklin McCain was one of four students from North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro who sat down at the local segregated lunch counter on Feb. 1, 1960. Franklin McCain, One Of 'Greensboro Four,' Dies : The Two-Way In February 1960, four young black men sat down at a whites-only lunch counter … Franklin McCain, one of the Greensboro 4 and a civil rights campaigner has died at the age 61. ... memorial page for Thomas Franklin McCain (7 Oct 1875–7 May 1956), Find a Grave Memorial no. Then, after the dust settled in Detroit's, Instead of aligning himself with logic and reality, and instead of fighting to protect other potential victims, Rob Tibbetts decided to virtue-signal on behalf of his dead child in the form of an op-ed published in the, Regrettably, the dead girl, who Tibbetts wrote was McCain’s death on Thursday was confirmed by the family. According to reports, he passed away at Moses Cone Hospital after suffering respiratory complications. https://www.cnn.com/2014/01/10/us/greensboro-four-activist-obit Death: 7 May 1956 (aged 80) Higbee, Randolph County, Missouri, USA. "Franklin Eugene McCain was born in Union County, North Carolina, in 1942, and raised in Washington, D.C. Joseph McNeil (from left), Franklin McCain, Billy Smith and Clarence Henderson sit in protest at the whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth during …