Sit-in movement History & Impact on Civil Rights Movement

The sit-in movement was a 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, aroused sympathy among moderates and uninvolved individuals. African Americans (later joined by white activists) would go to segregated lunch counters.

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Sit-Ins – Civil Rights

First sit-in of the civil rights movement in Seattle occurs on July 1, 1963.

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