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By MaddyG

  • Sit-ins Challenge Segregation

    CORE created sit-ins in 1943. It was a tactic to desegregate the Jack Spratt Coffee House in Chicago. It was a common and powerful tactic of the Civil Rights Movement. Sit-ins consisted of protesters in Segregated public places refusing to leave unless served. Citizens who often opposed Desegregation targeted protesters violently. Many participants were arrested or sent to jail.

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