Importance Of Segregation In The Civil Rights Movement

Racial Segregation was a huge problem in the south during the 1960’s. African Americans were treated very differently then White Americans. Blacks and Whites had to be segregated in public bathrooms, public places, public transportations, public restrooms, and public restaurants. It was a very hard time for African Americans because they couldn’t get jobs and they weren’t treated right. A lot of times they were met with violence even though they were doing non-violent acts. On February 1st, 1960, four African Americans sat down at the lunch counter inside the Woolworth store to protest racial segregation. They will sit down quietly and wait to be served. There was no violence involved with this protest. Not did they know this event was one …show more content…
The sit-in helped integrate other facilities. The Greensboro sit-ins were the first move African Americans made to change racial segregation and it didn’t just influence southern states but states all over the U.S. Protest were spreading from state to state and cities to cities. African Americans were sick of getting treated like they were different people, it was time to stand up and make a change! Slowly but surely restaurants throughout the south began to abandon their policies of segregation. Seeing the efforts of the students, the civil rights movement leaders put out a boycott on the Woolworth chain of business. This eventually led them to change their segregation policy. On July 25th the black employees at the Greensboro’s Woolworth were the first to be served. Every Woolworth was desegregated because of this and it allowed blacks and whites both to be served at the counter. On that day, the battle was finally won. The goal they tried to achieve was accomplished and restaurants, bathrooms, public transportation and many things were starting to become non-segregated. It was a major victory and was a good step to change America