What Lead Up To The Event?
What unfair laws in the 1950s and 1960s kept Black people from eating at the same restaurants as white people?
Laws prevented Black people from using the same facilities as white people.
Ezell Blair Jr
Franklin McCain
Joseph McNeil
David Richmond
What did thousands of students do as sit-ins spread across the South?
Thousands of students joined the sit-ins and remained peaceful even when arrested or attacked.
Name a short term impact
23 other students went to the same Woolworth’s Lunch counter
The next day more sit-ins and boycotts came to Woolworth and Kress (another lunch counter)
By the end of the week students from Bennet College, an African American college for women had joined in
Support came from Greesboro’s african American community
National civil rights organizations one of which was the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) even began boycotts on Woolworth and Kress (another lunch counter at the time)
July 25th 1960 the stores at last desegregated their lunch counters
More students participated, and were invited into civil rights confrences
What is a long term impact
Answers may vary, but something along the lines of More students participated, and were invited into civil rights confrences.
What feeling did many young Black people experience because they were tired of waiting for change during segregation.
Many young Black people felt frustrated and impatient with the slow progress toward equality.
What was the date that the first Sit-In started
Monday, February 1st (1960)
Which groups helped train students in nonviolence during the sit-in movement?
CORE and SCLC helped train students in peaceful protest methods.
How many more students were protesting on the second day?
23 more student, a total of 27
True or False Sit-ins became less popular after the Greensboro protests
False
Which two leaders taught students to use peaceful protests to fight segregation?
James Lawson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught peaceful protest techniques.
Where was the First Sit-In located?
Woolworth store in downtown Greensboro.
In which city did students protest for weeks despite facing punishment from their schools?
Students protested for weeks in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Other than Woolworth what was the other lunch counter stated in the presentation
Kress
True or False, The Greensboro sit-ins desegregated lunch counters in less than a year
True
Whose 1955 murder shocked the nation and inspired many to join the civil rights movement?
The murder of Emmett Till in 1955 shocked the nation and motivated many to act.
What state is Greensboro?
North Carolina
What effect did local leaders and national attention have on the sit-in movement?
They helped the movement grow stronger and gain more support.
What is the date that the lunch counters were desegregated?
July 25th 1960
Why do you think more students leaders were invited to and participated in civil rights conference?
Something along the lines of they proved themselves capable of leading despite their age.
Which Indian leader’s nonviolent protests inspired the civil rights movement in the United States?
Mahatma Gandhi’s nonviolent protests in India inspired American civil rights activists.
What was the name that Ezell Blair, Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond Called.
The Greensboro Four
What were some results of the sit-ins in terms of restaurant segregation and new organizations?
Some restaurants ended segregation, and new groups like SNCC were created.
What does CORE stand for
Congress of Racial Equalit
What do you think a long term impact would be that was NOT stated in the presentation
Answers may vary