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To protest segregation. Under the Jim Crow laws, African Americans had to use separate facilities than whites (bathrooms, drinking fountains etc.) they were forced to go to different schools and sit seperately on busses and at restaurants. The sit ins started as a non violent protest agains segregation policies at Woolworths, a department store lunch counter. Blacks (and some white allies) would sit in at white lunch counters and wait to be served, often resulting in beatings and arrests. Obviously, they worked and segregation was outlawed. These sit ins were an important historical point in the early Civil Rights Movement.
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Why did the Greensboro sit ins happen?
They did it to boycott the segregation of blacks and whites in the store Woolworth's.
What form of civil disobedience did blacks use in 1961 to end segregation in the south?
They had sit-ins.
What is the plural of sit-in?
The plural of sit-in is sit-ins.
Why did the civil right workers conduct lunch counter sit-ins?
there was to much racism going on and the whites would not leave the blacks alone
Martin Luther king inspired blacks to hold -------- in segregated restaurants?
Sit-ins: Where you go into a business, sit down, and refuse to leave. This is very disturbing to a business and motivates them to change.
How do you put sit-ins in a sentence?
Sit-ins were a common form of protest in the 1960s. People used to be arrested for participating in sit-ins.
When did Nashville sit-ins happen?
Nashville sit-ins happened in 1960.
Where were sit ins and freedom riders advocated?
Sit ins and Freedom Rides were advocated mostly in the South. Georgia and Tennessee are two states that were notoriously known for their sit ins and Freedom Rides.
What is the result of the lunch counter sit ins?
The success of the lunch counter sit-ins led to the Freedom Rides in 1961.
What were sit ins for?
To demand that businesses let people sit where they want
Who was involved in the sit ins?
four people
Who were the sit-ins?
An organized protest demonstration in which participants seat themselves in an appropriate place and refuse to move.
