On February 1,1960，I met three of my friends at the North Carolina A & T College Library，and together we walked to Woolworth's.At that time in the South，African Americans weren't allowed to eat with the white people.Woolworth's had a separate lunch counter in the basement for “negroes”(黑人)．My friends and I had agreed that we would sit at the white people's lunch counter and ask to be served.And we did just that.Immediately，spoons stopped halfway to people's mouths.Every eye was on us.Again，we asked the waitress for coffee，and she refused and said it was a custom not to serve the black people.And I asked，“But you do agree that the custom is wrong，don't you？”

　　We were very polite — out goal was to make sure that people did the right thing.So we sat there，waiting.An angry policeman came in and stopped right behind me.I could feel his hot breath on my neck as he stood over me.I said to myself，“This is it.”But he just stood there for a minute and then backed away and started pacing up and down.I came to realise：he didn't know what to do.

　　An old white lady sitting farther down the counter finished her sandwich and headed straight for us.I prepared myself for a blast(一阵)of abuse.Instead，she put her hands on our shoulders and said，“Boys，I am so proud of you.I only regret that you didn't do this ten years ago.” That added to my determination to see it through.

　　We went back to that lunch counter every day for six months until African Americans were finally served in every restaurant.

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