Created by artist Colin Quashie, SERVICE is a creative interpretation of the Greensboro, North Carolina, sit-in of 1960. This work of art is centered on African American educators, activists, and politicians, commemorating their legacy and impact on the state. SERVICE is housed at the Knapp-Sanders Building, home of the School of Government, on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
SERVICE depicts a gathering of 40 African American leaders at the lunch counter of a store similar to F.W. Woolworth in Greensboro. Quashie features the Greensboro Four—Joseph McNeil, David Richmond, Jibreel Khazan (formerly known as Ezell Blair, Jr.), and Franklin McCain—as “servers,” because, as he explained, “they literally took possession of the lunch counter with their refusal to leave until served. By seeking service, they were, by extension, serving a cause greater than themselves.”
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