sit-in
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The 504 Sit-in, as the demonstration became known, emerged as a turning point in the campaign for disability rights, later cited as the movement’s Stonewall or Selma.
From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023
Sit-in protests were CORE’s specialty, but Green eventually found them unsatisfying.
From Slate • Dec. 21, 2021
The new documentary “The Sit-in: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show” remembers when the entertainer and activist subbed for Johnny Carson for an entire week during the tumultuous year that was 1968.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2020
Sit-in protests were not yet a mainstream part of the civil rights struggle, and the Royal Seven garnered little attention beyond the local and black press.
From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2019
Monday, the student council sponsored a Heritage Sit-in.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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American History - Middle School
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