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John F. Richmond
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
African-American
Biographical/Historical note:
John F. Richmond, a Greensboro native, was born August 22, 1919. Richmond spent most of his life as an employee of the City of Greensboro, working in the Water and Sewer Department. He is the father of David L. Richmond, one of the four North Carolina A&T students who began the sit-in at Woolworth’s lunch counter on February 1, 1960. John Richmond died in Greensboro on June 6, 1987, at the age of 67.