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Sit-ins & the movement

Overview of the Greensboro Sit-ins including biographies and a timeline.

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Date of Original
1995/2022

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.

Metadata URL
https://www.sitinmovement.org/

Contributing Institution
International Civil Rights Center and Museum

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