Sit-Ins

By dzou

  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Sept. 9, 1957 President Dwight Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. There had been sit-downs — or sit-ins, as they would later be called — in at least 16 Southern cities. http://www.sitins.com

  • Greensboro, N.C. North Carolina A&T College Sit-In

    Ezell Blair Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan), David Richmond, Joseph McNeil and Franklin McCain launch the Greensboro sit-ins. In just two months, the sit-in movement spreads to 54 cities in nine states.

  • More than 500 Students Jam the Woolworth and Kress stores

    Feb. 6, 1960 More than 500 students jam the Woolworth and Kress stores and the sidewalks in downtown Greensboro. http://www.sitins.com

  • Durham, N.C. North Carolina College Sit-In

  • Fayetteville, N.C. Fayetteville State Teachers College Sit-In

  • Winston-Salem, N.C. Winston-Salem Teachers College Sit-In

  • Charlotte Johnson C. Smith University Sit-In

  • Raleigh, N.C. Saint Augustine's College, Shaw University Sit-In

  • Hampton, Va. Hampton Institute Sit-In

  • William Penn High School Students Sit-In

    Feb. 11, 1960 Students participate in sit-ins across the state. Twenty-six William Penn High School students sit at the Woolworth lunch counter on South Main Street in High Point.

  • Rock Hill, S.C. Clinton Junior College Sit-In

  • Nashville Fisk University Sit-In

  • Tallahassee, Fla. Florida A&M University Sit-In

  • Richmond, Va. Virginia Union University Sit-In

  • Baltimore Coppin State Teachers College Sit-In

  • Montgomery, Ala. Alabama State College Sit-In

  • Tuskegee, Ala. Tuskegee Institute Sit-In

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. Bethune-Cookman College Sit-In

  • Houston Texas Southern University Sit-In

  • New Orleans Dillard University, Southern University Sit-In

  • Atlanta Clark University, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College, Spelman College Sit-In

  • Greensboro Woolworth's Integrated, 4 Black Employees 1st to Be Served

    July 25, 1960 F.W. Woolworth agrees to integrate its Greensboro store; four black Woolworth employees — Geneva Tisdale, Susie Morrison, Anetha Jones and Charles Best — are the first to be served. http://www.sitins.com