Counter Sit Ins Argument

Half a decade later, four college students came to the lunch counter of the Elm St. Woolsworth’s and ordered coffee. Their request was refused, and the college students remained in their seats for an hour. Over the next few months, more and more African Americans continued the sit-in, and later that year, the Elm St. Woolsworth’s lunch counter became integrated.

In the 1960’s, black and white individuals were not recognized as being equal. The two races were treated differently, and the African Americans did not enjoy the same freedoms as the whites. The African Americans never had a chance to speak their mind, voice their opinions, or enjoy the same luxuries that the white people attained. Through various actions/efforts like the lunch counter sit-ins, freedom rides, and bus boycotts, the black people confronted segregation face on and worked to achieve equality and freedom.

With school boards avoiding integration once again, Greensboro civil rights activists were becoming anxious to desegregate public facilities in order to be successful unlike public schools. Dr. George Simkins pushed for the desegregation of all public facilities in Greensboro, and he even succeeded in doing so for golf courses. Four black students were inspired and tired of the racial inequality they had grown up in, so they arranged a non-violent protest by simply sitting in Woolworth’s Diner and demanding service. The protest tactic grew in numbers as more students, both male and female, endorsed the movement. In response, young white males began participating by verbally and physically assaulting some of the demonstrators, and government officials wanted store managers to arrange for the arrest of protestors before the situation got too unruly. Blacks boycotted the purchase of goods until they were served like their white counterparts, but the protests scared away the white consumers causing the stores and diners’ sales to drop. Diners and department stores worked in accordance to agree on a procedure to desegregate lunch counters. Select department stores refused to desegregate entire facilities, and most people believed that they did not have to because they had already compromised. Certain businesses did not want to segregate and

which caused anyone that wasn't white to be treated like outcasts if they tried to enjoy the luxuries of

In the first presentation, I noticed an event called the Greensboro Sit-ins. This was a single event that sparked a nationwide movement and flood of support for the civil rights movement and the issue of business owners withholding service from those who were not white. On February 1st, 1960, 4 students of the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University sat at a whites-only lunch table, requested service, and were then denied and asked to leave. When they left, they went to tell campus leaders what had happened and as a result gained people that wanted to participate in the sit-in. It is said that “the next morning twenty-nine neatly dressed male and female [NCATSU] students sat at the Woolworth’s lunch counter,” the same counter where those first four students sat (NorthCarolinaHistory.org). After this happened, protests occurred each week and hundreds of students were showing up at Woolworth’s. Following this, more and more students from around the US were staging sit ins at segregated lunch counters as a form of non-violent protest against discrimination.

African Americans were able to gain much attention and sympathy through their various protests and they were also able to advance politically and economically with their enactment of civil rights laws. In the 1960s nonviolent protests were prevalent among African American; in 1960 students in North Carolina started the sit-in movement after being denied service at Woolworth’s lunch counter (which was segregated). Thereafter the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was formed to maintain this movement where students would deliberately get arrested for sitting in restricted areas. This movement facilitated the

The Greensboro sit-ins occurred in 1960 in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Greensboro Sit-Ins was a movement with the purpose to banish the inequalities that black people faced. A black person was treated very differently, unequally, and unfairly compared to how a white person was treated. The Greensboro Sit-Ins was noted to be one of the most important events in the Civil Rights movement. Racism and unequal treatment had been a common occurrence around North Carolina since colonial times. Even though slavery was abolished, black people felt they deserved just as much equal freedom as a white person.

Sit ins the most recognized one happened in Greensboro, North Carolina at Woolworth’s lunch counter.Four African American teens sat in and wanted to be served and when they didn't it strikes a movement.It spread through out the country and in the end they would be simply arrested then they would start again. I'm sorry about the first

The black people were forced to sit in the back and had to give up their sit if a white person wanted to sit in their seat.

During sit-ins, (black and white) protesters occupied seats at whites’ only lunch counters and remained there even after they were refused service, sometimes for hours. The sit-ins employed the tactic of civil disobedience, breaking the law in a peaceful way to call attention to an unjust law. Student training and counseling in the principles for the sit-ins included the following ’10 Rules of Conduct’ which were the required standards for all those who were supporting the protest: “Do show yourself friendly on the counter at all times. Do sit straight and always face the counter. Don’t strike back, or curse if attacked. Don’t laugh out. Don’t hold conversations. Don’t block entrances. …Remember the teachings of Jesus, Gandhi, Thoreau, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Love and nonviolence is the way” (Library, 2006). Sit-ins disrupted business, making it impossible for white businessmen to ignore the protester’s demands. Highly visible sit-ins in downtown Nashville department stores were also guaranteed to attract press

Another significant transformation took place in the Civil Rights Movement in terms of its strategies. In analyzing this facet of the movement, we notice a great shift from nonviolent demonstration to forward, forceful action. Specifically, at the start of the Civil Rights Movement, lunch counter sit-ins were evident throughout the nation, as were Freedom Riders. Starting in Greensboro, North Carolina at a luncheonette called Woolworths, young black citizens would seat

The popularity of sit-ins can be reflected in the involvement of the N.A.A.C.P. (The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People). An article published by the New York Times talks about planned demonstrations that will occur in New York City which will be headed by the N.A.A.C.P (Robinson 54). This example shows how large the movement had become by summer 1961 because a nationally recognized organization was already actively involved in demonstrating. Another article, printed in late 1961, reports that the national director of the Congress of Racial Equality would begin planned sit-ins nation wide, with a focus in the South and the Midwest (“Negroes to Broaden” 18). This again proves how effective sit-ins were because a nationally recognized organization was taking the movement and organizing a nation wide effort to end discrimination.

The topic that I choose has to do with the American/ United States Judicial system and the method taken to reconstruct and psychological rebuild our of friends and loved ones. At a young age I wondered: why are people waiting in jail to be sentenced and only get timed served, why are more people in jail than in school? What happen that lead our youth to such limits? I thought that jails and prison had the same or similar purposes but what happens in there that makes them come out a better person? Does being in prison have any benefits to our world? Are they becoming more mentally stable or tormented like caged animals? Where is the equality, when black and browns are being killed by polices officers and only get suspended, at the most time

Task 2- This documentary conveys segregation and how the blacks were treated. This video is showing that no matter what color we are it is better for us to be treated equally. Like the collage kids in this documentary. It was not hurting anything for them to be served at

I choose the article 'Gay Marriage, Racism, and What Everyone Misses about the Inevitability of Social Change' because I felt that it best illustrated the study of deviance and social change that the class is discussing in this unit. The story was written by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry from The Week. The article is about how every group of people has a world view, and every world view is based on stories that are at least partly mythical. For example, a key part of the progressive world view is the idea that social change driven by appeals to science and reason is good and irreversible.