sit-in
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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
Bunty Kumar, 27, who attended the Cockroach Party sit-in over several days in July, has had factory jobs for several years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Its founders staged a sit-in in Delhi, demanding Pradhan's resignation, education reforms and compensation for the bereaved families.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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
Fortunately, the sit-in ended without anything happening to her.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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 movement behind nationwide protests sweeping Morocco, the GenZ 212 youth collective, called Monday for "peaceful sit-ins" to push its demands for reforms.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
Students at Sapienza University where she works are staging sit-ins at several faculties.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 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
The sit-ins and marches continued almost daily, and by early October more than three hundred young people had been arrested.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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