<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme, umkhaya wakwaMcNeil wathuthela eNew York City ukuze ufune amathuba emisebenzi angcono. Ekwindla, uMcNeil wangena eNorth Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University ngesikhwama semfundo ephelele. Ngokuphambene kakhulu nomphakathi wasenyakatho ovuleke kakhudlwana, uMcNeil wakuthola kunzima ukuphila eningizimu ehlukanisiwe. KwakuseNorth Carolina AT lapho uMcNeil ahlangana khona nabanye abafundi abathathu: u-Ezell Blair Jr., uFranklin McCain, noDavid Richmond, futhi laba abane kamuva baziwa ngokuthi i-Greensboro Four  <response>: . futhi. Laba abane badonsekela komunye nomunye ngoba babehlala esitezi esisodwa ekamelweni lokulala futhi benesithakazelo esifanayo. Ngemva kokuya ekhonsathini nabangane bakhe, uMcNeil wathatha isinyathelo ngokushesha ngoba wayebukele amalungu amaningana ezilaleli engacabangeli futhi enobugovu. Kwakungaleso sikhathi lapho uMcNeil kanye nontanga yakhe babefuna ukwenza okuthile ngenxa yokuziphatha okungamukeleki okwakubonwe ekhonsathini. UMcNeil waqala ukuhlola nokufunda izincwadi eziningana eziphathelene nenkulumo-ze nokukhishwa kwemibono evela emtatsheni wezincwadi, enye yazo, ikakhulukazi, kwakuyi- The New Negro. 