McNeil recalls having discussed the issue of segregation with community members like local businessman, Ralph Johns, in … Citizen Airman/Feb. Joseph McNeil. Biography. Greensboro Fourcivil rights activists On Feb. 1, 1960 four black freshmen at North Carolina A&T State University, Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, Jr., and David Richmond, took seats at the segregated lunch counter of F. W. Woolworth's in Greensboro, N.C. Trivia (1) He was one of the "Greensboro Four", four students at the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina who, in 1960, silently protested at the whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina. Sixty years ago, Joseph McNeil, an outstanding graduate of Williston Senior High School, enrolled at N.C. A&T University to pursue a degree in engineering physics. Joseph McNeil. Joseph McNeil was born on March 25, 1942, in Wilmington, North Carolina. The sit-in was organized by Ezell Blair, Jr. (later Jibreel Khazan), Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond—all African Americans and all students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro. 2014 -- The young college student sitting at the far left in the accompanying photo is Joe McNeil, and he's an American hero. Joseph Alfred McNeil (born March 25, 1942) is a retired Major general in the United States Air Force 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. [1] [2] McNeil grew up in Wilmington and was president of his parish’s Catholic Youth Council. At about 4:30 in the afternoon on Monday, Feb.1, 1960, McNeil and three of his buddies sat down at the lunch counter at the Woolworth's in downtown Greensboro, N.C., and asked the waitress for a cup of coffee. See also. As a native of Burlington and principal of the firm, he served as a Deputy State’s Attorney Prosecutor, Corporation Counsel for Vermont’s largest City (Burlington) along with being in private practice. Joseph E. McNeil formed the firm originally to carry on his father’s law practice in 1978. Joseph McNeil official Sherdog mixed martial arts stats, photos, videos, breaking news, and more for the Lightweight fighter from United States. Biography. A Wilmington, North Carolina native, McNeil moved with his family to New York after graduating high school. Joseph Neil MacNeil (April 15, 1924 – February 11, 2018) was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.. MacNeil was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and was ordained a priest on May 23, 1948. A native of North Carolina, Joseph McNeil saw Greensboro’s race relations as a mirror image of the social structure of most southern cities.