sit-in

In recent weeks, the Cockroach movement has snowballed—starting as a quiet, weekslong sit-in in the nation’s capital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

The elections board meets in a building near the historic site where four A&T students launched the sit-in movement to protest racial segregation in 1960.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026

In May, Nixon staged a five-hour sit-in outside of Gov. DeSantis’ office at the Florida Capitol to urge a DeSantis staff member to speak with her about affordability in the state.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

It tells the true story of the seven month sit-in at the Lee Jeans factory in Greenock in 1981 and is interspersed with pop songs of the time.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

The sit-in was planned to achieve the maximum national effect and paced to build a powerful and sustainable movement capable of destroying Jim Crow.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

In recent years, Mahrang Baloch, a physician in her early 30s who organized sit-ins and marches, became the most prominent female face of peaceful Baloch activism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

The movement behind nationwide protests sweeping Morocco, the GenZ 212 youth collective, called Monday for "peaceful sit-ins" to push its demands for reforms.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025

Those organizations energized student movements nationwide through sit-ins and demonstrations and by getting arrested as they fought for civil rights.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

They staged sit-ins and protests until legislators passed in-state tuition for their peers without papers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2025

On the second week of the sit-ins, the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, a colleague of King’s, was visiting North Carolina and saw for himself the students’ energy and dedication.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson