David Mason, Jr. - On planning Chapel Hill's first sit-in (clip)

David Mason: And, ‘til when I guess it must have been February or March of 1960. 1960. Shortly after the demonstrations in the city, as I shall say, in Greensboro. I was the president of my class, and then there was another fellow that was a year older than me. His sister goes to our church now. Named Harold Foster. And we were all up to the M&N Grill, not—yeah, the M&N Grill—and he says, Dave says, you know, we need to stage our own sit-in. And I said, well, where should we go? He said, the place is obvious. We’re going to Big John’s.