Chicago's African American activists aimed to change that ... Students involved in nonviolent civil rights sit-ins formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960.

By Trip Gabriel The sit-in movement that began at a whites ... their moral commitment and changed the direction of the civil rights movement. Within days, protesters in other cities followed ...

Did you know Nashville was the first major city to officially desegregate public lunch counters? The 1960 Nashville sit-ins ...

Kennedy and Richard Nixon, and civil rights leaders were dismayed by how ... and Martin Luther King Jr. being arrested during a sit-in demonstration protesting lunch-counter segregation, Atlanta ...

The Greensboro sit-in provided a template for nonviolent resistance and marked an early success for the civil rights movement. But it would take until 1964 for the Civil Rights Act to make ...

For an in-depth look at the American civil rights movement and ongoing human ... to experience the audio portion of the "Lunch Counter Sit-In" exhibit. To find out more about the National Center ...

Today’s breakfast was a moment for celebration and reflection as participants gathered to hear messages about fighting for ...

From museums to statues and art galleries- encountering Black history in Greensboro is much easier, and much more common, than you may think.

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