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History Of The Sit-In Movement

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Another part of the film that I found interesting was the sit-in movement. The sit-in movement was started by four black college students in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Let Freedom Ring) This group of black college students refuse to leave the whites-only lunch counter that denied them service. Jim Crow Laws made it impossible for African Americans to be equals in the South. The Jim Crow Laws virtually separated races on every imaginable plane. These laws added layers to the declining of society by making one race feel inferior to another. Sit-In movement begin to spread throughout the South and in February 13, 1960, the first of the Nashville sit-ins began targeting segregated lunch counters at the city's largest stores. (Let Freedom Ring)
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