Consequences Of Segregation In Store Lunch Counters

The Start of it All On Monday, February 1st, 1960, the Woolworth Store would no longer just be a store anymore. That day the Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina would be known as the very first sit-in. The Greensboro sit-ins played a major role in the Civil Rights Movements. The three huge sit-ins were Greensboro North Carolina, Nashville sit-ins, and the Oklahoma sit-ins. The sit-ins that started it all were the Greensboro, North Carolina. The date of this sit-in is February 1, 1960

peaceful marches to show they were not afraid of demanding what was owed to them. Franklin McCain, a student at North Carolina A&T College, was one of the first men to protest by completing a sit-in at a Woolworth’s in protest of the stores “whites only” lunch counter. Their protest began as an informal gathering

Woolworths department store. After purchasing toothpaste and other items from a desegregated register, the men, later referred to as the Greensboro Four, continued on to the lunch counter. In accordance to the stores policy, a counter designated as “whites only” could deny service to any and all African Americans. Therefore, the employee denied the men the coffee that had asked for. The four students simultaneously protested Woolworth’s refusal of service by occupying the seats until the store closed that

As a consequence of the ‘Jim Crow’ segregation laws being passed in 1896 the civil rights movement began in America. Non-violent protests, such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the student sit-ins, had a significant impact on the abolishment of the ‘Jim Crow’ laws; however, because of how ingrained the desire for segregation was in the white American society, particularly the south, racial segregation continued. Segregation meant that Black Americans were kept separate from the white, this practice

They were arrested and found guilty in three different court appearances. In the Wichita and Oklahoma City Sit some sat in at a lunch counter and some sat in at a drug store called Dockum Drugs. Sit ins left some of the Freedom Riders severely injured one Rider Jim Peck left the hospital with 53 stitches. The White people who weren’t associated with the Freedom Riders hated their actions and beat them

Through his activism, he played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African American citizens in the South and other areas of the United States. He also, played an important role in the creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. MLK believed in the concept of nonviolent resistance and its necessity in combatting social injustice. In the end, one could say his improvements dealing with segregation were monumentally important for the future of America. Sadly

In the words of Margaret Walker said, “Handicapped as we have been by a racist system of dehumanizing slavery and segregation, our American history of nearly five hundred years reveals that our cultural and spiritual gifts brought from our African past are still intact.” This intriguing statement exemplifies the systematic slave mentality that African-Americans were exposed to throughout their lives. Walker’s meaning of handicapped involves being hold back from being successful, since African-Americans

co-ordination was the lunch counter sit-ins. This movement was primarily about desegregating lunch counters in the south and it was also the moment when many say that the student movement really began. On February 1960 four African American students walked into a Woolworths, bought school supplies from one part of the store and then sat down to be served at the white’s only lunch counter. (Cozzens, 1998) They were denied service but refused to leave, sitting patiently and quietly at the counter until closing

needed that push to stand on their own. To stand for their very own cause. It is said that “The Brown case served as a catalyst for the modern civil rights movement, inspiring education reform everywhere and forming the legal means of challenging segregation in all areas of society.” The Brown case did so much in the civil rights movement in the fact as it was one of the starting points for the movements for African Americans to fighting for their rights. Brown v. Board of Education was actually a consolidation

held massive numbers of nonviolent protest against racial segregation and discrimination in America especially the southern states during the 1950’s and 60’s. The struggle of African Americans to gain equal rights in America during this time was a major problem. The civil rights movement was not only about stopping racial segregation amongst African Americans but also to challenge the terrible economic, political, and cultural consequences of that time. But with the help of great leaders and organizations