The Lunch Protest Movement

Protests are a way that many citizens have historically exercised their right to freedom of speech and as to voice their opinions on current matters in the U.S. as well as other nations. Protests help the uninformed get informed on specific issues, and try to persuade fellow citizens. What were some of the effective aspects of the protests that were portrayed in “The Matrix”, “Battle in Seattle” as well as those in “The Letter from Birmingham Jail”? What were the downfalls? An effective protest is one where an advocated idea gets across to the intended audience. Peaceful protests tend to have a better outcome than those that lead to violence.

riots in New York City. While the Patriots boycotted goods and stood up for their beliefs, the

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

What we learn from this excerpt about the protestors is that they were everyday blue collar workers that were provoked by the occupation of the British army in their colony and the crippling tax policies imposed on them. Most protestors were hardworking young men who demonstrated their aggression because of the crushing pressure of the British presence at the shipyard and ports. Another thing we learn is that the colonist on the following Friday before March 5 took their anger out and started a confrontation with British soldiers. The main reason for protest was the Stamp Act, which was a tax imposed on all paper documents and the Townshend Act, which imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. The protestors just wanted their

The 1969 strike of foodservice workers at UNC Chapel Hill was a labor dispute involving lunch ladies, less than 20 women of color, working in a college cafeteria serving the large student population. This unlikely group of women and their labor dispute had a much more important effect on the larger perspective of not only work conditions and wages for women and African Americans, but the macro level of civil rights on college campuses in the south during the civil rights movement. The efforts of the women and Black Student Movement to fight for fair pay, We will also look at the impact this labor dispute had for not only the college campus but also the entire state of North Carolina and the nation at large. Not only geographically, we will also examine the effect this foodservice strike has had on the fast food industry presently and labor relations for the “Fight for 15” movement.

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

Not only did the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins happen, but many other major protesting events happened too such as: Little Rock 9, Freedom Rides, Emmett Till’s murder, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, and many more (Greensboro Sit-Ins). When the sit-ins took place, the 4 black men sat at an all-white lunch counter and asked for coffee. They were told that they could not be served and that they had to leave the whites-only section. As the protests continued, the whites got more violent towards the four men. This pushed the blacks even more so to end racial inequality (Melanie Lacey). This went on for 5 months, 3 weeks, and 3 days. They were determined to end racial inequality and wanted all races to be treated equally (Greensboro

There were sit-ins,

"The Act of Disruption" from Engler & Engler This is an uprising: How nonviolent revolt is shaping the 21st century). The “sit ins” were a nonviolent effort to desegregate lunch counters. Their tactic was to sit at the counters until they got served in hopes of bringing social awareness against racial segregation. These types of boycotts and others like it had a major economic impact on local business (Chapter 6, P.146,160. "The Act of Disruption" from Engler & Engler This is an uprising: How nonviolent revolt is shaping the 21st century). The success from this sit-in and many others like them can be contributed to the movements well organized planning in detailing and calculating there every move, down to there last step (No easy walk 1961–1963: Eyes on the prize—America’s Civil Rights Movement 1954–1985 [Video file]. (1994). Retrieved September 5, 2017, from

There were the protesters that followed the laws, were peaceful and were there to state that the

In Fredericksburg in July 1960 there was sit-in protests on the intersection of Caroline and William which stood three national chain stores. Usually sit-in protest are done mostly by college students but Fredericksburg didn’t have a college that promoted black students so high school students were the majority of the protesters. The students were taught what to do when they were sitting at the counters so they couldn’t get in trouble for touching things. The students would take shifts and go to all the different stores. They did this everyday until they stores would serve all the African American people at the stores.

By February 5, about 300 to 400 students had joined the sit-in. The heavy television coverage sparked a sit-in movement that spread quickly to college towns throughout the South and into the North. Young blacks and whites joined in various forms of peaceful protest against segregation in libraries, beaches, hotels and other establishments. Over 1500 black demonstrators were arrested, but their sacrifice brought results. Slowly but surely, restaurants throughout the South began to abandon their policies of segregation.

Sipling 1 Why do we have school lunches? Different children around the world get school lunches. Some children don’t even get the option to eat school lunch. Only fifty-six percent of the world’s children get the option to get school lunch. (Harrington)

Workers from thirty different countries are protesting in cities because they demand higher wages. They are also protesting the “zero hour contract.” This means that the employer does not have to give them a certain amount of hours.

As they walked down the hallway leading to the wide double doors they noticed they were closed, with a small white paper on the door. Struggling to read it, they asked a nearby teacher for help. As she read out the sign the little kids began to yell in disagreement, and mourn over the words. The sign read, “Due to the Incident on November 14, Cheeze-its are no longer allowed in the cafeteria! Thank you for your