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Joseph McNeil and three of his friends sat down at a Woolworth’s “whites only” lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., Feb. 1, 1960, sparking a youth-led movement to challenge racial inequality while paving the way for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. McNeil not only made history as a member of the “Greensboro Four” as a college student, but his core values also laid the foundation for a successful career as an United States Air Force officer. McNeil commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in 1963 through the North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He served on active duty as a KC-135 navigator at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., until switching to the Air Force Reserve in 1969. During his 32-year reservist career, he held numerous positions of leadership, ultimately retiring as the mobilization assistant to the Air Force Reserve commander at the rank of major general in 2001. (U.S. Air Force video by Technical Sgt. Thomas Grimes)
| Date Taken: | 10.29.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 12.28.2017 15:09 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 577706 |
| VIRIN: | 161029-F-RP963-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_105213863 |
| Length: | 00:02:45 |
| Location: | GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
| Downloads: | 2 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 2 |
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