COAHR News Articles, Sit Ins, Circa 1960
Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights
1958/1962
1960-1969
In March 1960, Black college students staged a sit-in at segregated lunch counters in downtown Atlanta. Over 50 protesters, including Martin Luther King Jr., were arrested for trespassing and 36 were jailed. The sit-ins were carried out without incident, but the official integration of Atlanta's restaurants did not come for nearly another year. The protests were a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, increasing morale and confidence in the mission of ending segregation. Partial document. 1 page.
African Americans--Civil rights African American student movements Groups and organizations Protest movements
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Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
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Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
Georgia--Atlanta
Mary Ann Smith Wilson
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