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freedom riders and sit-ins
In 1960 four black students in North Carolina walked into a store and sat down on stools along the counter to order lunch. They were refused lunch, but they didn’t leave their seats.The next day 29 students joined them and by the end of the week 300 were part of the protest.Others joined in the “lunch counter protest” in more than fifty other cities across the South. Students also protested against other segregated areas such as movie theaters and pools.