Trascrizione della didascalia della foto dei 3 studenti di colore al bancone della Woolworth di Greensboro North Carolina.


2/2/60 – GREENSBORO, N.C. * : A group of Negro Students from North Carolina A&T College **,who were refused service at a luncheon counter reserved for white custoers,staged a sit-down strike at the F.W. Woolworth store in Greensboro.
Ronald Martin, Robert Patterson and Mark Martin are shown as they stayed seated throughout the day.
The white woman at left came to the counter for lunch but decided not to sit down.

*Citta’ della Carolina del Nord
** Agricultural and Technical  College

Note adattate da :
< mudcat.org: Origins: Gospel song 'The Welcome Table'>


"... The Welcome Table, honored in the Jewish tradition by the Seder * table at which one seat is left empty for Elijah, or for the stranger. Modeled in the Christian tradition by Jesus' radical table fellowship with sinners and prostitutes. Sung of in the African American tradition as the future reign of justice and freedom."

From : Azizi Powell.

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*Seder : The Hebrew word “seder” translates to “order,” and it is a Jewish home or community service including a ceremonial dinner held on the first or first and second evenings of the Passover in commemoration of the exodus from Egypt.

da Merriam-Webster

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"Welcome Table" is an African-American spiritual with pre-Civil War roots. A spiritual is characteristically repetitive to be easily learned by a group or singers.... (continua)