Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-in

The first manifestation of African-Americans raising their voice against discrimination during the 60's was the "Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-in".
In 1960 four freshmen from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro walked into the F. W. Woolworth store and quietly sat down at the lunch counter. This lunch counter only had chairs and stools for whites, while blacks had to stand and eat and although they were not served, they stayed until closing time. The next morning they came with twenty-five more students. Two weeks later similar demonstrations had spread to several cities, within a year similar peaceful demonstrations took place in over a hundred cities North and South. At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, the students formed their own organization, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, pronounced "Snick"). The students' bravery in the face of verbal and physical abuse led to integration in many stores even before the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

This protest was significant in the Civil Right Movement because it played a large role in spreading it to a larger audience. It also helped to make people reflect on segregation. But overall it became an inspiration for actions against segregation in transport facilities, art galleries, beaches, parks, swimming pools, libraries, and even museums around the South.





For how long do you think people can handle inequality and discrimination until they do something about it and stand up for they believe in? At what point people go against the law to fight against something they believe to be immorally wrong?