Sit-ins & the movement
Overview of the Greensboro Sit-ins including biographies and a timeline.
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Date of Original
1995/2022
Subject
Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro
Sit-ins--United States
Civil rights movement--United States
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--United States
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civil rights workers
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights workers--United States
Protest movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Protest movements--United States
Direct action--North Carolina--Greensboro
Direct action--United States
African American college students--North Carolina--Greensboro
F.W. Woolworth Company
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
People
Khazan, Jibreel, 1941-
McCain, Franklin (Franklin Eugene), 1941-
McNeil, Joseph (Joseph Alfred), 1942-
Richmond, David (David Leinail), 1941-1990
Harris, C. L.
Johns, Ralph, 1916-1997
Moebes, Jack, 1911-2002
Spivey, Jo Jones, 1917-2003
Location
United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
Medium
instructional materials
timelines (chronologies)
black-and-white photographs
texts (document genres)
biographies
Type
Text
Description
History section of the Web site of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The site documents the sit-ins beginning on February 1, 1960 and spreading throughout the world. The Museum then explores day-to-day events and milestones of the 1960s as the movement spread throughout the south and across the nation and the world. The site has a timeline of the movement, photographs, and information on the sit-in and the participants., 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.
Contributing Institution
International Civil Rights Center and Museum
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