Sit-in movement History & Impact on Civil Rights Movement

The sit-in movement was a 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, aroused sympathy among moderates and uninvolved individuals. African Americans (later joined by white activists) would go to segregated lunch counters.

Key Events During the Civil Rights Movement

Cooking Up Change: How Food Helped Fuel The Civil Rights Movement

Reflections on the Greensboro Lunch Counter

Furthering the Civil Rights Movement

Lessons Worth Learning From the Moment Four Students Sat Down to Take a Stand, At the Smithsonian

The Use Of The Sit-In Movement In The Civil Rights Movement

Sit-In Movement – African American Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights Sit-Ins, Worksheet

Greensboro Sit-Ins (1960) •

How the Greensboro Four Sit-In Sparked a Movement

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down: Pinkney, Andrea Davis, Pinkney, Brian: 9780316070164: : Books