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

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

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

As the 1963-64 school year began, Hudson High students organized Selma’s first lunch counter sit-in.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

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

Following the king's address, the collective called for "peaceful sit-ins".

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 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

In September 2014, tens of thousands of protesters began to stage mass sit-ins in downtown Hong Kong, demanding fully democratic elections.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024

NCC president Alfonso Elder labored behind the scenes to aid students participating in the sit-ins.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson