Mr. McCain--who took part in the famous sit-ins, in 1960, at a whites-only lunch counter in North Carolina--passed away this week, at the age of 73.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/us/franklin-mccain-who-fought-for-rights-at-all-white-lunch-counter-dies-at-73.html?ref=obituaries
