Sit-in movement
The sit-in movement, sit-in campaign, or student sit-in movement, was a wave of sit-ins that followed the Greensboro sit-ins on February 1, 1960. Four students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical Institute sat at a segregated lunch counter, and their action sparked a wave of sit-ins across the United States. The movement employed the tactic of nonviolent direct action to challenge racial segregation and was a pivotal event during the Civil Rights Movement. African-American college students, including organizers at Bennett College, powered the campaign.
