Greensboro Sit In

What is a sit in?

• Sitting on a bus

• 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

On February 1, 1960, four African-American students of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University asked to be served at a lunch counter inside the Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth’s store. This protest in Greensboro began a wave of nonviolent protest against segregation in the United States. Was is the name for this important event?

• Greensboro Sit Ins

• March on Greensboro and Beyond

• March to Selma

• Greensboro Protests for better service at Woolworths

• The Marches against the Civil Rights Act of 1960

This famous strategy means to use peaceful, passive resistance to get what you want

• armed resistance

• by any means necessary

• by no means necessary

• nonviolent protest

Which of these were peaceful tactics used by civil rights protesters?

• riots

• sit-ins

• marches

• fist fights

• boycotts

The Greensboro Sit in fought to protect THIS amendment

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

MLK led this organization to head the Greensboro lunch sit-in

• SNCC

• NAACP

• SCLC

• KKK

What was the outcome of the Greensboro sit-ins?

• The lunch counter was closed permanently

• The lunch counter was integrated

• The students gave up the protest

• The students were arrested

What was the main goal of the Greensboro Sit-In?

• To integrate lunch counters

• To protest bus segregation

• To demand voting rights

• To end school segregation

Who were the primary participants in the Greensboro Sit-In?

• College students

• Local politicians

• High school teachers

• Factory workers