Non-Violent Resistance
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. promoted the use of non-violent civil disobedience to trigger change in the United States. One tactic used during the Civil Rights Movement were sit-ins. Below are a number of influential sit-ins.
1955 Baltimore, Maryland - sucessfully desegregated Read's Drugstore
1957 Durham, North Carolina - Royal Seven arrested
1958 Wichita and Oklahoma City - began integration of all Oklahoma City eateries
1960 Greensboro, North Carolina - catalyst for sit-ins across the South
1960 Nashville, Tennesee - largest and most organized
1961 Rock Hill, South Carolina - "Jail, No Bail"
Teaching Sit-ins with Picture Books:
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
by Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney
1955 Baltimore, Maryland - sucessfully desegregated Read's Drugstore
1957 Durham, North Carolina - Royal Seven arrested
1958 Wichita and Oklahoma City - began integration of all Oklahoma City eateries
1960 Greensboro, North Carolina - catalyst for sit-ins across the South
1960 Nashville, Tennesee - largest and most organized
1961 Rock Hill, South Carolina - "Jail, No Bail"
Teaching Sit-ins with Picture Books:
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
by Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney
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