·The Sit-ins started in Greensborough in North Carolina.
·Four black college students sat down and ordered food at a whites-only counter in Woolworth’s.
·Others joined these four students so that the scale of the protest grew rapidly and eventually the store was forced to close.
·Local police officers arrested the students, who were followers of Martin Luther King and practiced nonviolent resistance.
·This event sparked a series of similar protests at lunch counters across the South.
·Some anti-civil rights activists reacted violently towards the sit-ins. However even when attacked the protesters did not retaliate.
·The televising of some of these incidents once again reinforced northern white sympathies for the position of southern blacks.
·Some progress was made towards the desegregation of public facilities in some states such as Texas and Tennessee although the Deep South remained unaffected.
Why was this important in civil rights History. Maybe some detail please.
Thank you.
·Four black college students sat down and ordered food at a whites-only counter in Woolworth’s.
·Others joined these four students so that the scale of the protest grew rapidly and eventually the store was forced to close.
·Local police officers arrested the students, who were followers of Martin Luther King and practiced nonviolent resistance.
·This event sparked a series of similar protests at lunch counters across the South.
·Some anti-civil rights activists reacted violently towards the sit-ins. However even when attacked the protesters did not retaliate.
·The televising of some of these incidents once again reinforced northern white sympathies for the position of southern blacks.
·Some progress was made towards the desegregation of public facilities in some states such as Texas and Tennessee although the Deep South remained unaffected.
Why was this important in civil rights History. Maybe some detail please.
Thank you.