1960
Greensboro, North Carolina, NC · On map
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 widespread nonviolent resistance against Jim Crow laws [5].
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