Greenboro Sit In Research Paper

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Anthony Bruzzo
Mr. Hayduk
English 10
19 October 2015

The Greensboro sit-in

The Greensboro sit-in was nationally noticed and gave provocation by many caucasian peoples. This nonviolent stunt was performed by African American college students at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. This was staged to begin an effort to end the racial inequalities within the southern states. This act of courageousness led to an uprise of sit-ins across the entire country by African Americans that have been looking for a way to reach their goal of freedom to public accommodations. There were only four African Americans to be apart of the most important sit-in on February 1, 1960. Their names being Joseph McNeil, Jibreel Khazan, Franklin McCain,
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These types of plans have been made and followed through with before but not as massive or as important as the Greensboro sit-in was. More than fifty thousand people included themselves in sit-ins in more than seventy cities. In Boston, Massachusetts more than four hundred students enrolled into a college picketed twelve Woolworth’s stores. These sit-ins exponentially spread to many places such as Walgreen, Liggett, Grant lunch counters, and Kress. In July, nine stores desegregated their lunch counters including Greensboro’s very own Woolworth’s. These desegregated stores were on the border of the North and the South. This event was extremely important because it raised awareness to both races, whether it be good, or whether it be bad. The Greensboro sit-in had an enormous effect on the people that had a part in the Civil Rights movement. It played a very big part in desegregating America. This event spread so quickly to so many different people by being aired on television, being written about in newspapers, and from people conversing. By the end of the month March, the movement had spread to fifty-five cities and thirteen cities. Although many people were arrested for trespassing, disorderly conduct, or disturbing the peace, national media coverage of the sit-ins had brought increasingly substantial attention to the struggle for African Americans to have civil rights. In summary, the Greensboro sit-in had a gargantuan effect on the Civil Rights Movement. It showed the African American peoples to stand up for their rights and to present themselves as equal. It taught them to stand up for themselves and to convince the government that the inequality needed to end. The Greensboro sit-in changed the outlook of civil rights epidemically. Civil rights were achieved for African Americans years

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