High school and college students had rose to the forefront of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. They began capturing the attention of the public’s eye in the development of the sit-ins throughout the South. This act of protest was a precursor to the student movement. The Greensboro Sit-ins in North Carolina received massive media coverage and within days student were participating in sit-ins all around the South. Later came the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) which become a staple organization in the movement and would go on help organize black people in the South. This young generation had total different life experiences than their parents and grandparents. Generational difference left them seeking different result
