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Just like the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the first sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter was the beginning of a nonviolent movement to challenge "white only" laws. Read about how the sit-in movement spread across the South. See how grassroots organizations were formed to take direct action to challenge segregation found in many places.
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- Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)