UNCG Home > The University Libraries > Civil Rights Greensboro Home > Miles Wolff, Jr.
Miles Wolff, Jr.
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Biographical/Historical note:
Miles Wolff, Jr. was born in 1943 in Baltimore, and moved to Greensboro, N.C., at age six. Her attended Johns Hopkins University, and served in the U.S. Navy from 1967-1970. Wolff is the author of Lunch at the 5 & 10, a detailed account of the sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, which ignited the civil rights movement in the United States. The book was originally published in 1970 and reissued in 1990. Wolff went on to own several baseball teams and to become a commissioner. He also edited The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball.