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Lunch Counter Sit-Ins

Learn more about the student sit-in movement that occurred during the civil rights movement.
Lunch Counter Sit-Ins
When four black college students sat in protest of Woolworth’s segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the time, it was unforeseen what impact their actions would have on the rest of the South. As the sit-in garnered national attention, the sit-in movement spread to other Southern cities and led to the desegregation of numerous lunch counters.

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