Sit-In

Four college students sat down at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, on February 1, 1960. No one waited on them. All four young men were black, and the lunch counter was segregated. A police officer came, but he could do nothing. Finally the man from Woolworth's closed down the store.

The next day more people came to the lunch counter.

The movement spread to many other cities.

Others responded to the sit-ins with violence. Those who participated in the sit-ins did not react, did not strike back. It took many months, but the lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro was finally desegregated.

An inspiring story of courage and endurance.