sit-in movement
Seated civil disobedience
The sit-in movement was a form of nonviolent protest in the American civil rights era, where Black demonstrators occupied segregated spaces—most famously lunch counters—and refused to leave until served or arrested.
The 1960 Greensboro sit-ins sparked similar protests across the South, becoming a defining tactic of the struggle against Jim Crow segregation.
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- white only signsDiscriminatory access restriction placards
- lunch counterCasual eatery with stools
- lunch counter sit-insNonviolent protests against segregated eateries
nonviolent · nonviolent resistance · demonstrators · arrest · Greensboro · students · resistance · integration · Rosa Parks · Freedom Summer · activists · direct action · peaceful · defiance · solidarity · occupy · courage · arrested
- civil rightsequal protection, equal rights, Civil Rights Act, right to life, Voting Rights Act
sit-in movementriot
Violent public disturbance
armed uprising · dispersal · march · walkout · mass exodus
sit-in movementsegregation
Forced separation by group
Jim Crow · Jim Crow laws · white supremacy · compliance · acquiescence
sit-in movementarmed resistance
Organized violent opposition
guerrilla warfare · armed struggle · race riot · insurrection · terrorism
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