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Joseph McNeil dies, leaving Jibreel Khazan the last of the Greensboro Four

Joseph McNeil dies, leaving Jibreel Khazan the last of the Greensboro Four 2025
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McNeil, who helped start the 1960 sit-ins, died September 4, 2025, at age 83.
Joseph McNeil, one of the four A&T freshmen who began the Greensboro sit-ins, died on September 4, 2025, in Port Jefferson, New York, at age 83. He later served in the Air Force and Air Force Reserve and retired as a major general in 2000. His death left Jibreel Khazan, formerly Ezell Blair Jr., as the last surviving member of the Greensboro Four.

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