In 1960, the Civil Rights movement began in North Carolina but spread to the downtown area of Fredericksburg. The cause for this movement was that there were no colleges or universities that would allow African-American students. As a result, a group of students went to three downtown businesses that had lunch counters to do a “sit in” which was a non-violent way to protest their rights. These business’s created many obstacles for these protesters but they were persistent and worked around the obstacles. In addition to the sit ins, the protesters walked a picket line everyday. Finally, after thirteen days, the protesters achieved their goal and two of the three businesses changed their lunch counters to include African-Americans. The third
