feb 1, 1960 - Greensboro Sit-ins (1960) Greensboro Sit-in: the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins were a series of protests against the segregation of lunch counters. These protests involved sitting at the counters and refusing to move for any white person that would force them off. These protests brought attention to the public when they noticed that the protestors weren’t the aggressors in those situations. (Timeline)