Sit Ins

1960-1961: Greensboro, North Carolina

Black students last down at the white section of a restaurant expecting to be served. It was a non-violent where the students sat down at the lunch corner after they had been shopping in the store. After they were rejected serving they sat down, read the Bible and did their studies until the store closed. The next day 29 more students joined and on the 3rd day they were 63 students in total occupying all seats but 2 in the restaurant. They were harassed by white mobs, without making any resistance. SNCC (Student Non-violent Council Committee) was a non-violent student group organising this protest.