# @wfuniversity on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B87ekWmHOvq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/3846915-wfuniversity-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/2fceb44fb6.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-02-24T00:22:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Wake Forest University (@wfuniversity) — https://gondola.cc/wfuniversity

## Caption

On Feb. 23, 1960, a group of students from #WSSU were joined by students from Wake Forest to protest segregated lunch counters in Winston-Salem.

The historic sit-in led to a desegregation agreement among local merchants in the city later that spring.

A community commemoration vigil was held today in downtown Winston-Salem to mark the 60th anniversary of the sit-in.

Twenty-one stools were set up to recognize the students who took part in the sit-in. Victor Johnson Jr. was in attendance and was honored. Johnson was one of the original 11 students at Winston-Salem Teachers College (now WSSU) who joined forces with the 10 #WFU students.

#BlackHistoryMonth #wfubhm20 #wsnc #dtws #sitinmovement // 📸: @wakeforestphoto

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wssu, wsnc, wfubhm20, wfu, sitinmovement, blackhistorymonth, dtws

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