Question 31 • United States History and Geography
The sit-in movement began in 1960, when students protested segregation by sitting at whites-only lunch counters. Student activists formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to organize and support this kind of direct-action protest. CORE, the Montgomery Improvement Association, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference existed before the sit-in movement became prominent.
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