Posted: October 27th, 2022

The sit-in movement

Write a paper on  the following (4 pages) The

sit-in

movement

How does this also relate to a school setting, with the students involved in the sit-in?

Sit-in movement, 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

, was a tactic that aroused sympathy for the demonstrators among moderates and uninvolved individuals.

African Americans

(later joined by white activists), usually students, would go to segregated lunch counters (luncheonettes), sit in all available spaces, request service, and then refuse to leave when denied service because of their race.