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Greensboro sit-ins
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Greensboro sit-ins
The
Greensboro sit-ins
were a series of
nonviolent
protests in
Greensboro, North Carolina
, in 1960, which led to the
Woolworth
department store chain removing its policy of
racial segregation
in the Southern United States. While not the first
sit-ins
of the
African-American Civil Rights Movement
, the Greensboro sit-ins were an instrumental action, and also the most well-known sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement. These sit-ins led to increased national sentiment at a crucial period in
US history
. The primary event took place at the
Greensboro, North Carolina
, Woolworth store, now the
International Civil Rights Center and Museum
.
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