feb 27, 1960 - John Lewis' First Arrest

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Will Campbell speaks:
- rumors of planned attacks by whites, which the police do not intend to stop
- any sit-in attempts will lead to the police violent involvement

they continued their sit-in which ended with violence from the whites and the police did nothing. It died down as there was no violence from the blacks. the police came in to arrest everyone.

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