sit-in

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

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

But the demonstrators have refused to leave, maintaining a round-the-clock sit-in.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Gandhi had staged a sit-in protest on Tuesday, accusing the government of ignoring students demands and condemning a police crackdown on demonstrations in New Delhi a day earlier.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Back in Durham, NCC student leaders contacted their counterparts at Shaw University in Raleigh and urged them to orchestrate their own sit-in and to pass the word along to other black schools.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Hall worried for the safety of Kirchner, an intense 27-year-old activist who had been leading sit-ins at OpenAI to protest the dangers of artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 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

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