feb 1, 1960 - four black college students sit in on a peaceful protest at a lunch counter

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from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College they began a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. Although they are refused service, they are allowed to stay at the counter. The event triggers many similar nonviolent protests throughout the South. Six months later the original four protesters are served lunch at the same Woolworth's counter.

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