Lunch Counter Sit-Ins
During the Civil Rights Movement many African Americans tried to protest for their rights. Sometimes violently other times not as much. One of the most well known protests was the lunch counter sit-ins. Four college students went in to Woolworth store at 132 South Elm Street in Greensboro, North Carolina. Then they went to the "white" lunch counter and sat down, the workers followed their policy and didn't serve the students. Those four men stayed their until the store closed. I personally think that it was really cool that they stayed there to protest the rights they deserve.
The next day more than 20 college students went in to protest. All from various schools with black students who wanted rights that they deserved. The store employees still refused to serve any African Americans. The students didn't care though, they all had all of their school, books so they studied during the time they were there. Soon there were news groups watching what was happening and it was becoming a very well known protest.
The next day more than 20 college students went in to protest. All from various schools with black students who wanted rights that they deserved. The store employees still refused to serve any African Americans. The students didn't care though, they all had all of their school, books so they studied during the time they were there. Soon there were news groups watching what was happening and it was becoming a very well known protest.
Over the next several years, civil rights activism moved past lunch counter sit-ins. In this violently changing political climate, SNCC struggled to define its purpose as it fought the racist people who impaired the African Americans. Out of SNCC came some of today's black leaders, such as former Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry, Congressman John Lewis and NAACP chairman Julian Bond. Together with hundreds of other students, they left a lasting impact on American history. If others were to follow in these four students ways.
There never would have been hundreds of people at lunch
counters if it wasn't for those four boys. It took a lot of courage
and bravery to take a stand for there rights. The four boys knew that there was a chance the could be shot, especially in those days but they went anyway. They went for their rights the ones they deserved.
The civil rights movement was a hard time for African Americans. Many were killed or severely injured from the ungrateful, racist, whites. What they didn't understand is that a person is a person no matter the skin color or the gender, the religion or the place they call home. Everyone is different but we are ALL human beings, but sadly during those hard times not all people believed that. They very few people who actually understand that were sadly treated the same way as the blacks, if they stood up for what's right they were beaten or killed to. Although we are past those hard times we still can look back to think of what happens and thankfully we can look back at some nonviolent protests like the "Lunch Counter Sit-Ins".
There never would have been hundreds of people at lunch
counters if it wasn't for those four boys. It took a lot of courage
and bravery to take a stand for there rights. The four boys knew that there was a chance the could be shot, especially in those days but they went anyway. They went for their rights the ones they deserved.
The civil rights movement was a hard time for African Americans. Many were killed or severely injured from the ungrateful, racist, whites. What they didn't understand is that a person is a person no matter the skin color or the gender, the religion or the place they call home. Everyone is different but we are ALL human beings, but sadly during those hard times not all people believed that. They very few people who actually understand that were sadly treated the same way as the blacks, if they stood up for what's right they were beaten or killed to. Although we are past those hard times we still can look back to think of what happens and thankfully we can look back at some nonviolent protests like the "Lunch Counter Sit-Ins".