Oral history in which Robert Patterson describes how the first sit-ins occurred, events that led up to the formation of the Greensboro Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) chapter, and the key players involved. He explains strategies behind the CORE planning sessions, how demonstrations and pickets were carried out, and reactions on the part of the city police. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. | 
