The civil rights movement of the 1960s was a massive collaboration between supporters for the equality of civil rights in the black community. Segregation was a common practice at that point in history, in which blacks were treated with the “separate but equal” doctrine and had access to supposedly the same state of establishment, but were refused service in a “whites only” area. This separate but equal notion was practiced in many states, and although the civil rights movement had already begun stirring in the late fifties, it was only in the early sixties that the younger population of the nation really began to take a stand against segregation among the black community, starting with the famous Greensboro sit-in. While the Greensboro sit-in
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Woolworth were Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr., and David Richmond. Their indignant and exasperated views on segregation are what led them to enter the store on February 1st, 1960 and sit down at the whites only counter, waiting to be served. When they were denied, they based their argument that they should be served there by asking why they could purchase items anywhere else in the store (which they had done prior to taking their seats), but not at the counter. Their defense was made with cool logic and the only problem was that the counter was for whites only. While asked to leave, they stayed until closing hour, despite the refusal of service. The next day the four returned, and continued to sit quietly in protest of the separation between blacks and whites. In the following days, many more supporters from the college, and even some of the younger generation of whites, including three women from the Women's College of the University of North Carolina, showed up to …show more content…
In order to do so, civil rights activist Ella Baker decided that students and young people needed to form their own organized civil rights group. This led to the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, of which was quite possibly the most effective way for the younger generation to voice their opinions on matters in the nation, as it was one unified organization which they could identify themselves to. The Greensboro sit-in was a major catalyst in the formation of SNCC because it showed that the unified front of students could accomplish the goals they set out to make reality. In addition, because SNCC was such a large group of civil rights activists, the group effectively drew coverage from the media towards their cause, just as the Greensboro sit-in did. This recognition from the nation allowed for new civil rights activists to join the cause and also drew attention towards the issue of unequal civil rights for blacks in general. Because of all the attention focused on the Greensboro sit-in, SNCC, and other civil rights activists and groups, the nation was aware of the protesting taking place within communities, and essentially couldn't ignore the issue of equal civil rights among blacks and
Woolworth were Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr., and David Richmond. Their indignant and exasperated views on segregation are what led them to enter the store on February 1st, 1960 and sit down at the whites only counter, waiting to be served. When they were denied, they based their argument that they should be served there by asking why they could purchase items anywhere else in the store (which they had done prior to taking their seats), but not at the counter. Their defense was made with cool logic and the only problem was that the counter was for whites only. While asked to leave, they stayed until closing hour, despite the refusal of service. The next day the four returned, and continued to sit quietly in protest of the separation between blacks and whites. In the following days, many more supporters from the college, and even some of the younger generation of whites, including three women from the Women's College of the University of North Carolina, showed up to …show more content…
In order to do so, civil rights activist Ella Baker decided that students and young people needed to form their own organized civil rights group. This led to the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, of which was quite possibly the most effective way for the younger generation to voice their opinions on matters in the nation, as it was one unified organization which they could identify themselves to. The Greensboro sit-in was a major catalyst in the formation of SNCC because it showed that the unified front of students could accomplish the goals they set out to make reality. In addition, because SNCC was such a large group of civil rights activists, the group effectively drew coverage from the media towards their cause, just as the Greensboro sit-in did. This recognition from the nation allowed for new civil rights activists to join the cause and also drew attention towards the issue of unequal civil rights for blacks in general. Because of all the attention focused on the Greensboro sit-in, SNCC, and other civil rights activists and groups, the nation was aware of the protesting taking place within communities, and essentially couldn't ignore the issue of equal civil rights among blacks and