History of the United States II / Unit 14 USH2 1975 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Sit-In Movement
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The idea
Within two months the sit-ins had reached fifty-four cities across nine states, the anchor records.
In practice
Wade-ins at segregated beaches that summer, and lunch counters in San Antonio integrated by March, as Digital History notes.
Where people slip
By the end of nineteen sixty, Digital History counts, seventy thousand people had taken part in sit-ins in over one hundred cities.
Your place on the trail
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