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Greensboro sit ins 1960

Greensboro sit ins 1960. On February 1,1960, four African-American student of North C arolina Agricultural and Technical State University sat at a white- only counter inside a G reenboro , North carolina woolwroth store. the start of it all. The first Greensboro sit-in was not spontaneous.

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Greensboro sit ins 1960

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  1. Greensboro sit ins 1960 On February 1,1960, four African-American student of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University sat at a white- only counter inside a Greenboro, North carolinawoolwroth store.

  2. the start of it all • The first Greensboro sit-in was not spontaneous. • The four students who staged the protest , all of them male freshmen , had read about nonviolent protest, and one of them , Ezell Blair , had seen a documentary on the life of mohandasgandhi. • On February 4th, black students were joined by white female students from the north Carolina collage.

  3. Step by step • The protest occurred as planned on Monday , February 1 , 1960. despite urbanely requesting service the students were refused it, and the manager of the woolworth’s store requested that they leave the premises • The next morning twenty-nine nealtydessed male and female north carolina agricultural and technical students sat at the woolwroths lunch counter.

  4. Woolwroth’s

  5. The end of the greenboros!!!!! • One reason put forward for this approach by the students was that they had seen little return from other movements and they wanted the pace of the drive for equality speeded up. A future civil right leader, Robert Moses, claimed that he was sparked into action by the "sullen, angry and determined look" of the protesters that differed so much from the "defensive, cringing" expression common to most photos of protesters in the South. • One of the reasons that Greensboro was so important to the Civil Rights movement is that the press took a great interest in it and the protest was fully reported around the country. It obviously took , DR.KING by surprise as it was only when a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference informed King of what was going on that he assured the protesters of his full support.

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