Sit-Ins

4 college students from North Carolina A & TGreensboro, NC 1960

Next day, came back with 27 other students

The next day, 63 more

The 4th day, white students joined them

5th day, there were 300!

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 wildfireBy April 1961, 150 communities had staged sit-ins

And continues to do so today…

Students did not fight back—used passive

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1:00-22:00 Nashville Sit Ins

The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was started as the student-wing of the Movement

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Police &White Teens Stand Right Outside the Door

Protesters Wave #2

Protesters Wave #1

Protesters Wave #3

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