“Who’s worse off…” asked McCain, “the people who aren’t aware enough to do anything about problems, or people who are aware enough but never take any action?” They and two other A&T students, Ezell Blair, Jr. (later taking the name Jibreel Khazan) and David Richmond, decided to fight segregation through an act of civil disobedience. They targeted the F.W. Woolworth store at the corner of Elm and Sycamore streets in the center of downtown. They chose Woolworth’s because of its double standard. At the Greensboro store, blacks and whites were allowed to buy merchandise at the same counters, but weren’t allowed to eat at the same counters. At many Woolworth stores outside of the South, blacks sat at the same lunch counters with whites. Furthermore, those who actually served food in the Greensboro store were white, while those who prepared it and cleaned up were black.