https://www.history.com/articles/the-greensboro-sit-in
The Greensboro sit-ins were non-violent protests orchestrated by black students in Alabama during the 1960’s. The students who originated the movement walked into a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter and sat where they were told not to, and they did not budge when asked to leave. This sparked an uproar not only in their community but nationally. Inspiring students in other college campuses both black and white to do sit-ins in their local segregated restaurants. The purpose of these sit-ins was to make a statement saying that they wanted their civil rights even if they had to ignore the laws entirely. This movement even sparked the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) to be founded to help the movement along. The SNCC would later become one of the leading forces in the Civil Rights Movement.
