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Civil Rights Sit-In Movement Timeline

By DallasDilks02
  • Freedom Rides

    Freedom Rides

    Influenced the four students responsible for the Woolworth sit-in, the first major sit-in protest (A&E, n.d.)
  • Murder of Emmett Till

    Murder of Emmett Till

    The four students that planned and were involved in the original sit-in were encouraged to protest after the murder of Emmett Till by white men, because he allegedly whistled at a white woman (A&E, n.d.).
  • Woolworth Sit-In

    Woolworth Sit-In

    Four black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College named Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain, and Joseph McNeil planned and led the sit-in in Greensboro, NC in protest of segregation in restaurants and businesses (A&E, n.d.).
  • More students join the movement

    More students join the movement

    Hundreds of students joined the protest at Woolworth and caused problems for them and other local businesses until they were finally desegregated (A&E, n.d.).

  • Spreading of Sit-In Movement

    By the end of 1960, the sit-in movement had spread to many businesses in the South. While many people were arrested as a result, the movement eventually led to many businesses being integrated throughout the south. (A&E, n.d.).