Sit-in movement
"In 1959, four African Americans named Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, Jr., David Richmond, and Franklin McCain were all enrolled at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College, an African American college in Greensboro" (McGraw-Hill 386). The four students were very interested and spent a lot of their time together discussing the Civil Rights Movement. They thought of the idea of a "Sit-in" which later turned out to be a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement.
Greensboro Sit-in
The four students went to a local department store and bought a bunch of school supplies. When they had finished their shopping, they proceeded to do the unthinkable, sit at a white-only lunch counter and order coffee. By no means did the white worker serve the African American students coffee, but it did make a point. The students told the worker that they would come back daily until they were treated equally to the whites when it came to ordering food and drinks..
Civil Disobedience
Civil Disobedience is the purposeful disobey of certain laws or rules. In history, civil disobedience has been defined as nonviolent protests. This became very important during the Civil Rights Movement because it showed the words and action can be a lot more powerful then using violence. An example of civil disobedience would be the Greensboro Sit-ins.
"In 1959, four African Americans named Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, Jr., David Richmond, and Franklin McCain were all enrolled at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College, an African American college in Greensboro" (McGraw-Hill 386). The four students were very interested and spent a lot of their time together discussing the Civil Rights Movement. They thought of the idea of a "Sit-in" which later turned out to be a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement.
Greensboro Sit-in
The four students went to a local department store and bought a bunch of school supplies. When they had finished their shopping, they proceeded to do the unthinkable, sit at a white-only lunch counter and order coffee. By no means did the white worker serve the African American students coffee, but it did make a point. The students told the worker that they would come back daily until they were treated equally to the whites when it came to ordering food and drinks..
Civil Disobedience
Civil Disobedience is the purposeful disobey of certain laws or rules. In history, civil disobedience has been defined as nonviolent protests. This became very important during the Civil Rights Movement because it showed the words and action can be a lot more powerful then using violence. An example of civil disobedience would be the Greensboro Sit-ins.