dec 25, 1959 - Greensboro Sit-In

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This event was arguably one of the most influential when it comes to the civil rights movement. A group of civil rights activists decided that they would all walk into a predominantly white cafe and sit at the counter to wait for the people to serve them, even though they wouldn’t do it because they were black. This movement began to spread across the country and people were doing it everywhere. They were arrested for trespassing, disorderly conduct, and disturbance of peace even though all they would do is sit at the counter and wait to be served. The basic principle is to sit there and be as calm as you ever have been and never fight back or speak back to those yelling at you. This event was what truly started the reformation of civil rights and made the government take action.

History.com Editors. “Greensboro Sit-In.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 4 Feb. 2010, https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/the-greensboro-sit-in.

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