On February 1,1960, four African-American student of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University sat at a white- only counter inside a Greenboro, North carolina woolwroth store.

GREENSBORO SIT INS 1960

The first Greensboro sit-in was not spontaneous.The four students who staged the protest , all of them

male freshmen , had read about nonviolent protest, and one of them , Ezell Blair , had seen a documentary on the life of

mohandas gandhi.On February 4th, black students were joined by white

female students from the north Carolina collage.

THE START OF IT ALL

The protest occurred as planned on Monday , February 1 , 1960. despite urbanely requesting service the students were refused it, and the manager of the woolworth’s store

requested that they leave the premisesThe next morning twenty-nine nealty dessed male and

female north carolina agricultural and technical students sat at the woolwroths lunch counter.

STEP BY STEP

WOOLWROTH’S

One reason put forward for this approach by the students was that they had seen little return from other movements and they wanted the pace of the drive for equality speeded up. A future civil right leader, Robert Moses, claimed that he was sparked into action by the "sullen, angry and determined look" of the

protesters that differed so much from the "defensive, cringing" expression common to most photos of protesters in the South.One of the reasons that Greensboro was so important to the Civil Rights movement is that the press took a great interest in

it and the protest was fully reported around the country. It obviously took , DR.KING by surprise as it was only when a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference informed King of what was going on that he assured the

protesters of his full support.

THE END OF THE GREENBOROS!!!!!