The 1960 Protest Of The 1960 Sitin

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The 1960 Sitin In 1960 kids at a high school decided they were going to boycott restaurants in Downtown Fredericksburg, so they could be served at the counters. Teachers at the school encouraged kids to boycott. They even showed the kids what to and what not to do. The Protest started on July 1st and lasted till the end of July. On July 30th at 4pm 2 stores desegregated their counters and a ton more things changed after that. ‘ Society has rules to keep people from hurting others or themselves. If we didn’t have rules there would be chaos around every corner. There would be no safe place.We would have war, gangs, and murder in our own country. We would have to change our name from the “United States of America” to the “Divided States