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Civil Rights Firsthand Account- Greensboro and Nashville Sit-ins.

January, Brendan. //Civil rights//. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003. Print.


 * Greensboro was the first sit in- happened in North Carolina, 1960
 * Sit ins were not usually violent, or at least were not intended to be
 * The people who participated in sit- ins were asked to leave but refused to leave until forced
 * Sit ins usually happened at diners or lunch counters
 * Students who participated in sit-ins formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee(SNCC)

"American Experience.Eyes on the Prize.The Story of the Movement | PBS." //PBS: Public Broadcasting Service//. N.p., 23 Aug. 2006. Web. 16 May 2011. .


 * black students or people would sit at a white lunch counter, refusing to leave
 * the people who participated in sit ins usually wore their best clothes
 * when attacked, the protesters did not retaliate, instead they protected themselves and eachother
 * it eventually worked, because mayors declared that lunch counter segregation was wrong

"Greenboro Sit Ins." //ABC Clio//. Apr.-May 11. Web. May-June 11. .


 * Started on Feb. 1, 1960 four black college students sat in the front counter of a restaurant
 * The students, Ezell Blair, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, and David Richmond, asked for service at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro. After they were refused service, they stayed quietly in their seats. They were jeered at and insulted by groups of whites but did not leave until the restaurant closed.
 * The Greensboro sit-ins were widely reported and led to sit-ins across the United States. More than 50,000 people engaged in sit-ins in more than 70 cities, helped by the large number of Woolworth's stores. In Boston, more than 400 college students picketed 12 Woolworth's stores, and the sit-ins expanded to include Walgreen, Liggett, Kress, and Grant lunch counters. By July, nine stores on the border between the North and South had desegregated their lunch counters, including the Woolworth's in Greensboro.