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The Greensboro sit-ins

Four students' lunch-counter protest sparks a wave of sit-ins across the South.

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Key events

  1. February 1, 1960
    The Greensboro sit-ins

    Four students' lunch-counter protest sparks a wave of sit-ins across the South.

  2. April 17, 1960
    SNCC is founded

    Student activists form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

  3. November 14, 1960
    Ruby Bridges integrates a New Orleans school

    A six-year-old desegregates an elementary school under federal escort.