12 h 13 min, 1 févr. 1960 ans - Sit-ins at lunch counters begin
Description:
Four black college students are refused service and asked to leave a segregated lunch counter at a Woolworth store in Greensboro, N.C., but they remain seated. Their passive resistance inspires a movement. Hundreds of students at college campuses across the South, and eventually farther north, begin organizing sit-ins. The Woolworth lunch counter is desegregated July 25, 1960.Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
12 h 13 min, 1 févr. 1960 ans
Maintenaint
~ Il y a 65 ans