1960

Greensboro Sit-Ins

Greensboro, North Carolina, NC

Greensboro Sit-Ins

Greensboro Sit-Ins

Beginning in February 1960, four Black college students sat at a segregated Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, sparking a sit-in movement that spread across the South [5]. The protests challenged segregation in public accommodations and became a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement [5]. Their tactics inspired …

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