... , editor of the Richmond News Leader noted "Here were the colored students, in coats, white shirts, ties, and one of them was reading Goethe and one was taking notes from a biology text. And here, on the sidewalk outside was a gang of white boys come to heckle, a ragtag rabble, slack-jawed, black-jacketed, grinning fit to kill, and some of them, God ... in some areas even after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had declared segregation at lunch counters unlawful. Sit-ins began to be used on other public facilities, such as movie theaters. SNCC continued its involvement. These sit-ins proved t...

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