Sit-Ins 4 college students from North Carolina A & T Greensboro, NC 1960.

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Sit-Ins 4 college students from North Carolina A & T Greensboro, NC 1960

Next day, 19 students participated The next day, 85 did so The 4 th day, white students joined them

The city started cracking down --45 charged with trespassing Students responded with a boycott Sales dropped by 1/3 and merchants gave in!!!

Civil rights leader James Lawson led trainings in non-violent resistance techniques in Tennessee The Sit-In movement spread like wildfire By April 1961, 150 communities had staged sit-ins And continues to do so today…

Students did not fight back—used passive resistance

1:00-22:00 Nashville Sit I ns The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was started as the student-wing of the Movement

Freedom Rides 4:00-6:00

Cabinets Closet Mr. D’s Desk Door Lunch Counter Seat WhiteboardWhiteboard Desk Jail Cell Lunch Counter Seat Cl os et Police &White Teens Stand Right Outside the Door Protesters Wave #2 Protesters Wave #1 Protesters Wave #3 Waitresses & Manager Windows

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