The Sit-In Movement

What is a sit-in?

• Sitting on a bus because you want to

• Sitting in an area where you are not allowed as a form of protest

• Sitting on the floor rather than a chair

• Sitting rather than standing at a lunch counter

Where did the first sit-in take place?

• Montgomery, Alabama

• Greensboro, South Carolina

• Little Rock, Arkansas

• Greensboro, North Carolina

In which shop did the first sit-in take place?

• Woolworths

• The Warehouse

• Walmart

• K Mart

In which part of the shop did the sit-in take place?

• The toy section

• The lunch counter

• Baby clothes

• At the drinking fountain

Who took part in the first sit-in? *

• High school students.

• Primary school students.

• University students.

• Working adults.

In which year did the first sit-in take place? *

• 1958

• 1959

• 1960

• 1961

The sit-ins were a form of non-violent protest. *

• True

• False

Following the initial sit-in no one else took part in this kind of protest. *

• True

• False

The sit-in movement spread throughout the South in the early 1960s.

• True

• False

What does segregation mean?

• a country

• a war

• separation between whites and African Americans

• being defiant