Franklin McCain -- of 'Greensboro Four,' who defied whites-only barrier -- dies By Monte Plott , CNN updated 1:52 AM EST, Sat January 11, 2014 Franklin McCain and other black students wait for service at a lunch counter in a Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina, in April 1960. (CNN) -- Five decades ago, Franklin McCain and three fellow African-American college students made history just by sitting down at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina , and waiting. And waiting. And waiting -- for service that never came that day at the whites-only counter. The four came back the next day. And the next. The "Greensboro Four," as they came to be known, drew national attention with their peaceful demonstration in the winter of 1960. Within three days of their first attempt to simply sit and eat, more than 300 students, including whites, were taking part in what was bein...