When did the lunch counter sit-ins occur?

February 1, 1960
Greensboro sit-in, act of nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, that began on February 1, 1960. Its success led to a wider sit-in movement, organized primarily by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), that spread throughout the South.

What was the result of the lunch counter sit-ins?

The campaign ultimately succeeded in desegregating many public facilities. At the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro on July 25, 1960, African American kitchen workers Geneva Tisdale, Susie Morrison and Aretha Jones removed their Woolworth’s aprons and became the first African Americans to be served.

How many sit-ins were there?

By the end of February there have been sit-ins in more than thirty communities in seven states. By the end of April, sit-ins have reached every southern state. By year’s end, more than 70,000 men and women — mostly Black, a few white — have participated in sit-ins and picket lines.

What is sit in lunch counter?

A lunch counter (also known as a luncheonette) is a small restaurant, similar to a diner, where the patron sits on a stool on one side of the counter and the server or person preparing the food serves from the opposite side of the counter, where the kitchen or limited food preparation area is located.

What happened at sit ins?

A form of nonviolent protest, employed during the 1960s in the civil rights movement and later in the movement against the Vietnam War. In a sit-in, demonstrators occupy a place open to the public, such as a racially segregated ( see segregation) lunch counter or bus station, and then refuse to leave.

What did the sit ins accomplish?

The impact sit-ins had on the civil rights movement proved to be invaluable to changing policies and norms in the 1960s. In the early 1940s, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) successfully used sit-ins to desegregate public facilities, in Chicago primarily.

Why were sit ins effective?

Sit-ins have traditionally been one of the more successful non-violent protest strategies. Since they disrupt the normal flow of business, sit-ins draw attention to the protesters’ cause. If demands aren’t met, eviction or arrest has the further effect of creating sympathy for protesters.