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In 1960, four Black college students began a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, where they’d been refused service.
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Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
In May 1960, three weeks after the mayor appealed to white citizens to end discrimination, Nashville lunch counters began to serve Blacks and sit-in campaigns soon spread to dozens of other Southern cities.
—Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
For a sit-in at a lunch counter, they were told, sit up straight, be courteous and don’t strike back.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 10 June 2024
Following the lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina, Lawson and other activists held nonviolent protests in Nashville’s downtown stores, according to the biography.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN, 10 June 2024
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Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
In May 1960, three weeks after the mayor appealed to white citizens to end discrimination, Nashville lunch counters began to serve Blacks and sit-in campaigns soon spread to dozens of other Southern cities.
—Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
For a sit-in at a lunch counter, they were told, sit up straight, be courteous and don’t strike back.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 10 June 2024
Following the lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina, Lawson and other activists held nonviolent protests in Nashville’s downtown stores, according to the biography.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN, 10 June 2024
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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