sit-in
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In 2011, when Berry was nearly 80 years old, he joined a high-profile sit-in at the office of Kentucky’s then-Gov.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Bunty Kumar, 27, who attended the Cockroach Party sit-in over several days in July, has had factory jobs for several years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Officers also dismantled the protesters' stage and makeshift tents at Jantar Mantar, but demonstrators have refused to leave, maintaining a round-the-clock sit-in under heavy police and paramilitary deployment.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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
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
Demonstrators in strategic industries like telecommunications and petrochemicals have carried out sit-ins over months of unpaid wages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The online movement, a driving force behind more than two weeks of near-nightly protests in the kingdom, called for demonstrators to take part in sit-ins Saturday in cities across the country.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
Students at Sapienza University where she works are staging sit-ins at several faculties.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
Where students organize walkouts and sit-ins to fight for a better education.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
When the sit-ins came to Hampton, Christine Mann was an eighteen-year-old Hampton Institute junior carrying a double course load.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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American History - Middle School
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