Civil Rights Movement: Greensboro Sit-In

Explore resources about the Greensboro Sit-In and its direct influence on the creation of Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC) during the Civil Rights Movement.

Demonstrators picket outside a Woolworth store in Harlem, protesting discrimination practices at  Woolworth's lunch counters there and in Greensboro, Charlotte, and Durham, North Carolina. 2

Sit-Ins Helped Shape Core of Civil Rights Movement (Tell Me More)

• Search: Greensboro Sit-In: Explains the importance of the Greensboro sit-in and its impact on the spread of sit-ins around the country.

• Search: Lunch at Woolworth's: Detailed article covering this Civil Rights protest.

African American students holding a sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, February 2, 1960. 1

The Greensboro Four (Scholastic Kid Press): Article explains how the sit in at Woolworth's Lunch Counter sparked an entire sit-in movement.

Greensboro Sit-Ins (History.com): Covers the Greensboro sit-in and how it influenced the Civil Rights Movement.

1.Sit-in movement. Image. Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, 16 Jan. 2020. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/100193. 
Accessed 2 Feb. 2020.

2. Palmer, Colin A., editor. “CORE-Sponsored Protest. Demonstrators Picket Outside a Woolworth Store in Harlem, Protesting...” Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd ed., vol. 2, Macmillan Reference USA, Detroit, MI, 2006. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC3444787113/UHIC?u=mlin_c_lms&sid=UHIC&xid=51c7fe3b. Accessed 2 Feb. 2020.