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The sit-ins started on 1 February 1960, when four black students from North Carolina A & T College sat down at a Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina.
Jul 28, 2020 · How the Greensboro Four Sit-In Sparked a Movement. When four Black students refused to move from a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in 1960, nation-wide student activism gained momentum....
The Greensboro sit-in catalyzed a wave of nonviolent protest against private-sector segregation in the United States. On February 1, 1960, four black students of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University sat at a white-only lunch counter inside a Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth's store.
Dec 9, 1998 · Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-In (Educational Materials: African American Odyssey) What’s the Main Idea? Object Description. Biography: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Probing Further. Lunch Counter Sit-in, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1960. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram & Sun Photograph Collection. Prints and Photographs Division.
Aug 31, 2016 · The Greensboro Sit-Ins were non-violent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, which lasted from February 1, 1960 to July 25, 1960. The protests led to the Woolworth Department Store chain ending its policy of racial segregation in its stores in the southern United States.
Mar 28, 2024 · Ella Baker. sit-in movement, nonviolent movement of the U.S. civil rights era that began in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960. The sit-in, an act of civil disobedience, was a tactic that aroused sympathy for the demonstrators among moderates and uninvolved individuals.
When asked to leave, they remained in their seats. Their sit-in drew national attention and helped ignite a youth-led movement to challenge inequality throughout the South. In Greensboro, hundreds of students, civil rights organizations, churches, and members of the community joined in a six-month-long protest.
