<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokupedza chikoro chesekondari, mhuri yaMcNeil yakatamira kuNew York City kunotsvaka mikana iri nani yebasa. Mumatsutso, McNeil akapinda muNorth Carolina Agricultural uye Technical State University pachikoro chakazara. Mukupesana zvikuru nenzanga yakazaruka zvikuru yokuchamhembe, McNeil akawana zvakaoma kurarama kumaodzanyemba kwakaparadzaniswa. Yakanga iri paNorth Carolina AT apo McNeil akasangana nevamwe vadzidzi vatatu: Ezell Blair Jr., Franklin McCain, naDavid Richmond, uye vana ava vaizozova vanozivikanwa se  <response>: Greensboro Four. Vose vari vana vakakwezvana nokuti vaigara pauriri humwe chete hweimba yokurara uye vaifarira zvinhu zvakafanana. Pashure pokupinda konzati neshamwari dzake, McNeil akapinda muchiito nemhaka yokuti akatarira mitezo inoverengeka yavateereri ichiva isingarangariri uye inodada. Pakanga pari panguva iyoyo apo McNeil nevamwe vake vaida kuita chiito mukupindura kuzvibata kusingagamuchiriki kwakacherechedzwa pakonzati. McNeil akavamba kunzvera ndokunoverenga mabhuku anoverengeka pamusoro pokuparadzira nokuratidzira pfungwa kubva muraibhurari, rimwe, zvikurukuru, rakanga riri The New Negro. 