History Of The Sit-In

The beginning of the sit-ins were hard, but they overcame many hardships to achieve their goal. Most of their sit-ins they suffered from being attacked by white customers. They got beat up and never said a word and just dealt with it. After having their sit-ins they motivated others to do the same

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.

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

The legacy of the Greensboro Four radiates in history as one of the greatest nonviolent movements during the civil rights era. The young college students took their frustration and fear and turned it into a means for their voices to be heard. What followed would be changes so great that a nation would see the uprising of marches, desegregation laws, and changes in attitudes. McNeil, Blair, McCain, and Richmond will forever be hailed as the four African American men that came together to uphold the rights for all African

I found this extremely intriguing in that these students were not politicians, policymakers, or even large figures of authority at the time in the Civil Rights Movement, but they were still able to ignite change and protest all over America with just the simple action of four students in a non-violent sit-in protest. They exemplified the ideal that in any large social movement, individuals are able to take charge and act upon what they believe in despite their power or prestige in the situation and still see prominent change due to their

February 1st, 1960; the Greensboro Sit Ins; Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, Jr., Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond. “Segregated conditions were as characteristic of Greensboro, however, as they were of cities with reputations for racial violence and intimidation.” The Greensboro Sit Ins made a huge impact not only in North Carolina, but along the Southeast states; thirteen states and fifty five different cities. This was where a group of four black male freshmen college students at A&T State University who

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

Throughout the book of March the people of color are continuously fighting for equal rights. Even when they are faced with countless acts of violence they continue to fight back but in non-violent ways such as Marches. Even when there seems like there is no light at the end of the tunnel John Lewis along with many of his peers also known as the SNCC(Student Nonviolent Reconciliation Commitee) begin to see results. Slowly but surely it all pays off in the end when people start to realize the segregation between races is not only morally wrong but also against the law. There are many different marches/ sit-ins throughout the book but the most important ones begin on...

Another popular form of protest were sit ins, which were where these colored people would go into segregated area

The original 4 brought 21 men and 4 women to the Woolworth store to have another sit-in. This time arriving at 11 AM and leaving at 3 PM. They were still denied service but had brought study materials including books, papers, and homework to keep them busy. This wasn’t a useless attempt, what it did was bring attention to the problem of racism. News casters were there, police officers were there, but there couldn’t do anything.

Jim Crow laws made a devastating impact on the lives of the black community in the southern U.S. These horrible acts of segregation and cruel treatment sparked a flame at TSU when a law student was racially profiled by the police. This event combined with a thirst for justice lead to many of the students banning together to make a difference in Houston. The effects of the actions made by Texas Southern University to stop Jim Crow laws entailed the desegregation of public facilities in Houston such as the Astrodome, downtown department stores, and local lunch counters. These events were all made possible by peaceful demonstration, civil disobedience, and boycotts.

Together citizens came together to create non-violence workshop where members united to try everything they could to break each other both physically and verbally. They started their first test sit-in at the department store lunch counters. When they were told, “We don’t serve colored people here” (87), then they simply thanked them and left. This workshop slowly started to gain members as they repeatedly did the same process. After the four students in Greensboro, Carolina took seats, the Nashville Student Movement started to march. People were starting to notice the march as about 200 students participated. Violent activity took place. Nashville’s chief of police stated that if the marches continued in the protest, then participants will be arrested and they won’t try to stop any of the planned attacks. The participants continued to March and after name calling and violent attacks were made on the marchers, they were arrested. John Lewis stated it was his first of many arrests as he wouldn’t stop fighting for his rights. While in court, attorney Z. Alexander Looby stated, “They were peaceful customers, fully compliant with the law, who were harassed and beaten” (107). After the arrest of many members, students still continued to march. A boycott, “Selective Buying Campaign” was started by black community members in which the streets of downtown were

First of all nonfiction articles has more descriptions. In the article “The Birmingham Church Bombing” by Jennifer Kroll, on paragraph two it states that “The civil rights movement was at its height, and all around the country, protesters were trying to raise awareness… by staging peaceful protest events, such as marches and sit ins. This means that they did marches to get freedom to do whatever they want without people saying no because of their skin color. This explains

The Greensboro Sit-ins were a protest that young African Americans an some whites joined in, across the southern states. This occurred at Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina on February first 1960. There were four main people who started this protest, they were Ezell Blair, David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil. There were many events that led up to this protest. One being the non-violent protest techniques practiced by Mohandas Gandhi.

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.