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feb 1, 1960 - Greensboro sit ins

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This was a civil rights protest by the African American students that staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. The students had been denied service but refused to leave, many got arrested for trespassing and disturbing the peace.

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feb 1, 1960
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~ 66 years ago

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