PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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protest marches.
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boycotts.
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sit-ins.
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threats.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lunch counter sit-ins were a nonviolent form of protest used to oppose segregation during the civil rights movement, and often provoked heckling and violence from those opposed to their message.
Detailed explanation-2: -The instructions were simple: sit quietly and wait to be served. Often the participants would be jeered and threatened by local customers. Sometimes they would be pelted with food or ketchup. Angry onlookers tried to provoke fights that never came.
Detailed explanation-3: -The sit-in movement soon spread to college towns throughout the South. Though many of the protesters were arrested for trespassing, disorderly conduct or disturbing the peace, their actions made an immediate and lasting impact, forcing Woolworth’s and other establishments to change their segregationist policies.
Detailed explanation-4: -A pivotal moment came in 1960, when African-American college students staged a sit-in at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Sit-ins like the one in Greensboro spread across the South. Here, women protest segregation in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1960.