Retired Maj. Gen. Joseph McNeil, a member of the Greensboro 4, has died at the age of 83, the International Civil Rights Museum said Thursday.

McNeil was one of four N.C. A&T State University Students who walked the mile from their college to the downtown F.W. Woolworth Store on Feb. 1, 1960 and sat down at the segregated lunch counter.

The other students were Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Blair Jr.), the late David Richmond, and the late Franklin McCain.

McNeil died Wednesday night, Earl Jones, one of cofounders of the museum, told the News & Record.

In February, McNeil, who lives in New York, was the only one of the two survivors to attend the annual Feb. 1 observance.

Because of his health, McNeil did not give interviews, but he did acknowledge a reporter.

“It’s cold,” McNeil did

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