WAKE COUNTY, N.C. -- In a new Spectrum News segment, Voices for Change, where we hear from North Carolinians about their lives, struggles, and hope for the future.

The day after the Woolworth sit-in in Greensboro, 500 Students at Shaw University gathered in their auditorium to talk about what to do, and if they were in danger with the potential backlash.

David Forbes organized the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, and began protesting in the Triangle, and one of the first of hundreds of people to be arrested at the Woolworths at Cameron Village from ongoing protests was Reverend David Forbes, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday 

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