Greensboro sit-ins

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civil rights protest event in the civil rights movement nonviolent protest sit-in

The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in 1960, led primarily by Black college students in North Carolina, that challenged racial segregation at lunch counters and helped galvanize the broader U.S. civil rights movement.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Greensboro Four	4
1960 Greensboro sit-ins	1
Greensboro Woolworth sit-ins	1
Greensboro lunch counter	1
Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights protest ⓘ event in the civil rights movement ⓘ nonviolent protest ⓘ sit-in ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ surface form: Greensboro Woolworth sit-ins Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ surface form: Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins
commemoratedAt	former Woolworth store in downtown Greensboro ⓘ
commemoratedBy	International Civil Rights Center & Museum ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demographicOfParticipants	Black college students ⓘ some white student allies ⓘ
endDate	1960-07-25 ⓘ
inspired	Nashville sit-ins ⓘ formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ sit-in movement across the Southern United States ⓘ
inspiredBy	Gandhian nonviolence ⓘ Montgomery bus boycott ⓘ
legacy	model for later nonviolent direct action campaigns ⓘ symbol of student activism in the civil rights era ⓘ
location	Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
mainVenue	F. W. Woolworth store in Greensboro ⓘ
mediaCoverageBy	major U.S. newspapers ⓘ national television networks ⓘ
method	civil disobedience ⓘ nonviolent resistance ⓘ sit-in ⓘ
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ
notableAspect	emphasized disciplined nonviolence despite harassment ⓘ helped galvanize youth participation in civil rights movement ⓘ led primarily by Black college students ⓘ
opponent	local segregationist authorities ⓘ segregationist business owners ⓘ
opposedTo	racial segregation ⓘ
organizedBy	Black college students ⓘ Greensboro Student Executive Committee for Justice ⓘ North Carolina A&T State University students ⓘ
participant	David Richmond ⓘ Ezell Blair Jr. ⓘ Franklin McCain ⓘ Joseph McNeil ⓘ
relatedLegislation	Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
result	desegregation of Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro ⓘ economic pressure on segregated businesses ⓘ increased national media attention to civil rights movement ⓘ spread of sit-in tactic to other cities ⓘ
slogan	“We just want to be served” ⓘ
startDate	1960-02-01 ⓘ
state	North Carolina ⓘ
tactic	rotating groups of students occupying seats ⓘ
target	segregated lunch counters ⓘ

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International Civil Rights Center & Museum → commemorates → Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ

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Ezell Blair Jr. → dateOfEvent → Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ

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American civil rights movement → hasPart → Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ

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Franklin McCain → memberOf → Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ

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F. W. Woolworth store in Greensboro → significantEvent → Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ

American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) → siteOfEvent → Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ