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What group was formed to build support for sit-ins and other nonviolent protests of the early 1960s?
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) played a major role in sit-ins and the March on Washington?
freedom rides
Who started the SNCC?
SNCC was started February 1, 1960 by four black students from NC A&T University. The students refused to leave a white only lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. This started thousands of "sit-ins". SNCC was created at Shaw University in Raleigh, NC.
Who were the sit-ins?
An organized protest demonstration in which participants seat themselves in an appropriate place and refuse to move.
When did the Greensboro sit ins began?
1988 when I was born
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