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1960 Southern segregation protests & arrests...
1960 Southern segregation protests & arrests...
Item # 721247
March 08, 1960
LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass. March 8, 1960
* Civil Rights activism - protests
* Southern segregation crisis
* Lunch counter sit-ins and arrests
The front page has a three column heading: "Negroes Claim New Claims" with lead-in: "Anti-Segregation Fight" (see images)
Complete with 24 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.
AI notes: In March 1960, the Southern lunch counter sit-ins had rapidly expanded from their origin in Greensboro, North Carolina, into a widespread, coordinated campaign challenging racial segregation in public spaces. Sparked by four Black students from North Carolina A&T who had sat at a “whites-only” Woolworth’s lunch counter in February, the protests quickly spread to cities including Nashville, Atlanta, Durham, and Jackson, with students from historically Black colleges leading peaceful demonstrations. In Nashville, under the guidance of nonviolence trainer James Lawson, activists such as Diane Nash, John Lewis, and James Bevel organized sit-ins, facing arrests and harassment while remaining committed to nonviolent discipline. These actions forced local governments and business owners to confront the economic and moral pressure of sustained protests, and by mid-March, Nashville became one of the first Southern cities to agree to desegregate its lunch counters. The movement’s success in March not only brought national attention to the injustice of segregation but also laid the groundwork for the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), demonstrating the strategic power of organized, youth-led civil disobedience.
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