[thecavemaster]

FYI The students were refused service on Feb. 1, 1960 less than 6 months later Woolworth reversed it's policy. It took the Federal government another three and half years to pass the Civil Rights act of 1964. Which entity moved faster?

I don't doubt the negative publicity of sit ins and Rosa Parks activism moved Woolworth's. I don't doubt that John F. Kennedy was, to an extent, cautious as he moved on civil rights. I don't doubt that the bottom line often proves powerful motivation. My modest suggestion was this: human beings in the United States of America should not have to wait on market forces to be granted basic civil and human rights. We're better than that.