Greensboro Sit In

What was the main goal of the Greensboro 4 sit-ins?

• To integrate bus stations

• To integrate lunch counters

• To integrate schools

• To integrate housing

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

Keeping things or people separate 

• integration

• discrimination

• DISTRACTION!

• segregation

What is the purpose of nonviolent direct action?

• passively resist

• disrupt the status quo & draw attention

• strike back with armed self-defense

• make it easier for people to ignore protests

What year did the Greensboro sit-ins begin?

• 1959

• 1960

• 1961

• 1962

Who were the four African American students who initiated the Greensboro sit-ins?

• Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, and John Lewis

• Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain, and Joseph McNeil

• Thurgood Marshall, Medgar Evers, James Meredith, and Stokely Carmichael

• Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis, and Eldridge Cleaver

Which store's lunch counter was the site of the first Greensboro sit-in?

• Woolworth's

• Sears

• J.C. Penney

• Macy's

What was the primary method of protest used during the Greensboro sit-ins?

• Boycotting

• Marching

• Sit-ins

• Petitioning

The Greensboro sit-ins were part of which larger movement?

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Labor Movement

• The Women's Rights Movement

• The Environmental Movement