The Greensboro sit-in was a group of non-violent protests, first started in the Woolworth Store in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were protesting against stores' segregation policies. The protests took place in 1960.
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"Sit-ins" took on this name because participants literally sat in areas where they were not allowed in order to protest the laws allowing there exclusion from the facility. They often took place at lunch counters and diners, most notably, the Woolworth's sit-in in Greensboro, NC.
Greensboro was founded in 1771 and is in Guilford County. The name Greensboro came from Nathanael Greene, a Revolutionary War general.
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