Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, 1960

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Woolworth's_lunch_counter_sit-in,_1960
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gptkbp:instanceOf protest
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:International_Civil_Rights_Center_&_Museum
gptkbp:date 1960-02-01
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, 1960
gptkbp:influenced sit-in movement
desegregation of lunch counters
gptkbp:legacy inspired similar protests across the United States
gptkbp:location gptkb:Greensboro,_North_Carolina
gptkb:F._W._Woolworth_Company
gptkbp:mediaCoverage national news
gptkbp:method protest
gptkbp:opposedBy segregationists
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Greensboro_Four
African American students
gptkbp:participants gptkb:David_Richmond
gptkb:Ezell_Blair_Jr.
gptkb:Franklin_McCain
gptkb:Joseph_McNeil
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:resultedIn desegregation of Woolworth's lunch counter
increased national attention to segregation
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jibreel_Khazan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7