Town plans to erect monument on 60th anniversary of sit-in

By Annabeth Poe

Thursday, a crowd gathered outside the former Colonial Drug Store to honor nine African-American high school students who 59 years ago orchestrated a sit-in. Town historians say it was the only sit-in in the country exclusively led by high-schoolers. Their actions helped launch the civil rights movement in Chapel Hill.

For the 60th anniversary next year, the town plans to erect a monument in their honor.

Annabeth Poe reports.