1960
Greensboro, NC · On map
Four Black college students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, challenging Jim Crow segregation policies. Their peaceful protest sparked a wave of similar sit-ins across the South, becoming a catalyst for the broader Civil Rights Movement and demonstrating the power of nonviolent resistance [2][3][9].
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