sit-in
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In 1960, he participated in his first sit-in, in Greenville, South Carolina, and then joined Alabama's Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights marches in 1965, where he caught King's attention.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
At Tehran University of Medical Sciences, students held a march and a sit-in in solidarity with imprisoned students and other young detainees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
“It wasn’t a matter of Gandhi or Dr. King then,” he said of the library sit-in, “it was just my own private pride and self-respect.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
He pointed to the Milstein Library sit-in last year, where more than 80 students were suspended or expelled after a mass New York Police Department arrest.
From Slate • Sep. 16, 2025
Hampton Institute was the first school outside of North Carolina to organize a sit-in.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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American History - Middle School
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