Sit-Ins Flashcards
1
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What were sit-ins?
A
- Form of non-violent protest
- People occupy and space and refuse to leave until their demands are met
- Confrontational
2
Q
How did the sit-in movement start?
A
- 1960
- Four black students in North Carolina
- Sat at all-white lunch counter in Woolworths
- Did not move until store closed
- Small but brave beginning
3
Q
How did the protestors react to arrests? What problem did it give to white authorities?
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- No retaliation
- Refused bail
- Seriously overcrowded jails
4
Q
How effective were sit-ins?
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- Established civil rights group realised how effective
- Organised on large-scale
- Taught student protestors how to behave when faced with aggression
5
Q
How can the success of sit-ins be measured?
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- Number of stores in the South abandoned the practice of segregated counters
- Woolworths
- Revenues fell sharply, little room to serve white customers, black customers refused service
6
Q
What did sit-ins prove?
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- Grassroots civil rights were important
- Taken initiative, devise forms of protest
- Established civil rights groups could refine them (ideas that they have not though of before)
7
Q
How did sit-ins become recognised?
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- Photogenic (compared to boycotts)
- Guaranteed photographed and televised violence
- Bad publicity internationally
8
Q
What did sit-ins force Eisenhower to do?
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- Condemn violence
- For fear that he would lose respect
