The sit-ins started when four black college students in Greensboro, North Carolina, sat at a lunch counter reserved for whites. The students had been affiliated with the NAACP Youth Chapters, but they initiated their protest without consulting adult leaders. Thousands of students started to organize their own sit-ins across the state. The sit-in tactic offered a way for young blacks without special skills and resource to display their discontent.
By sitting down at the counter and demanding service, the students challenged not only counter segregation but the whole Jim Crow structure. The students of course were not served. They remained at the counter until the store closed. The protesti
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