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Greensboro Sit-in (1960)
Four students from Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina sat at the lunch counter of Woolworth's department store and were refused service based on their skin color (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). Although they were not given drinks or food, the young men sat at the counter until close (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). -
Greensboro Sit-in Part 2 (1960)
The day after the initial sit-in by the four students, more black individuals were now joining the sit-in, with now 20 people involved (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). -
Greensboro Sit-in Part 3 (1960)
Day three of the sit-in saw even more people join the cause, with more than 60 people participating in the sit in, which caused for newspapers and radio stations to cover the story (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). Now hecklers were starting to show up to harass the sit-in crowd, but the protestors remained peaceful (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). -
Greensboro Sit-in Part 4 (1960)
On the fourth day of the sit-in now more than 300 students joined in on the protest, with some even going to the store nearby Kress to sit-in as well (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). -
Baton Rouge Sit-in (1960)
Seven students from Southern University in Baton Rouge organized a sit-in at the Kress lunch counter similar to that of Greensboro (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). All the students were arrested and their bail was set at $1,500 each (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). Rev T.J. Jemison raised money to pay the bail of all the students (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). -
Baton Rouge Sit-in Part 2 (1960)
On March 29, 1960, seven students were arrested for participating in a sit-in at the Sitman's Drug Store lunch counter (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). At the same time 2 more students were arrested for preforming a sit-in at the Greyhound Bus Station (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). -
Baton Rouge Sit-in Part 3 (1960)
Sixteen students from Southern University walked out of class and marched to the state capital to protest the arrests of sit-in demonstrators, all 16 students were suspended from the school (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). -
Formation of SNCC (1960)
With the growth of student sit-ins, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed by Ella Baker, who was a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Council (Berkin et al., 2015). -
S.H. Kress & Co. Sit-in (1960)
Students from Burke High School arrived at the lunch counter of S.H. Kress & Co. to stage a sit-in around 11AM on April 1, 1960 (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). The police came around 5PM to arrest the protestors, in which NAACP Branch President J. Arthur Brown paid their bail (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). -
Desegregation Woolworth's (1960)
After months of protest that inspired similar sit-ins throughout other North Carolina cities, the store-manager of Woolworth's decided to desegregate the store (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). The decision was based on the loss of $200,000 the store incurred (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). He asked four black workers to change out of their uniforms and afterwards he served them food, being the first black customers of the lunch counter (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). -
Atlanta Sit-in (1960)
Martin Luther King Jr. participated in a sit-in at a local department store called Rich's (Stanford University, n.a.). Dr. King and around 300 students were arrested, with many being let out except for King (Stanford University, n.a.). King was sentenced to four months hard labor at Georgia's State Prison, but future President John F. Kennedy was able to persuade King's release (Stanford University, n.a.). -
Rock Hill Sit-in (1961)
Nine students from Friendship Junior College attempted to order food from McCrory's five-and-dine store, but they were refused service (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). The students refused to leave and were later arrested, and although they could have paid a fine to evade jail time, majority of them chose the jail time in protest (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.). -
Baton Rouge Desegregation (1963)
In 1963 Baton Rouge desegregated all lunch counters (Civil Rights Trail, n.a.).