Civil Rights Movement: Sit-Ins

Part of the protests of the Civil Rights Movement were small scale sit-ins at lunch counters. This form of on-the-ground activism is the focus of a C-SPAN resource that includes four video-clips about the sit-ins by pupils at a lunch counter in Greenville, NC. After watching the clips, learners craft a position paper about whether or not sit-ins are an effective form of protest. As a culminating activity, individuals research then share what they have learned about one of the sit-ins during the Civil Rights Movement.