18h 59min, feb 2, 1960 y - Start of Sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina
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4 smartly dressed black students, holding bibles, decided to sit in at a white restaurant. Such civil disobedience caught on quickly.
NAACP and SCLC critisised the students for being too confrontational
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18h 59min, feb 2, 1960 y
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~ 64 years ago