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#tdih 1960, four African-American NC A&T students began a sit-in (planned at Bennett College) at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro. While not first sit-in of modern CRM, it triggered wave of direct action U.S. and founding of SNCC. https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/greensboro-sit-in/
"The Greensboro sit-ins inspired mass movement across the South. By April 1960, 70 southern cities had sit-ins of their own. Direct-action sit-ins made public what Jim Crow wanted to hide – Black resistance to segregation." via @snccdigital 
https://snccdigital.org/events/sit-ins-greensboro/
https://snccdigital.org/events/sit-ins-greensboro/
Read about earlier sit-ins: 1943 with Pauli Murray and other @HowardU students; 1958 with high school teacher Clara Luper & NAACP Youth Council in Oklahoma; 1958 with students Ron Walters and members of the @NAACP Youth Council in Wichita, Kansas, & more. https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/katz-drugstore-sit-ins/
In "Belles of Liberty: Gender, Bennett College, and the Civil Rights Movement" @BennettCollege alumna Dr. Linda B. Brown describes role of Bennett College students in the 1960 sit-in in NC. https://bookshop.org/a/7256/9780988893702
Following tweets list children's picture books we recommend on sit-ins, starting with: "Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins" by @poetweatherford https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/freedom-on-the-menu
"Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down"
by @AndreaDavisPink. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/sit-in-four-friends-stood-up-by-sitting-down
by @AndreaDavisPink. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/sit-in-four-friends-stood-up-by-sitting-down
"Someday Is Now: Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-Ins" by @olugbemisola True story of a high school teacher who led her students to take direct non-violent action to protest segregation. https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/someday-is-now-clara-luper-and-the-1958-oklahoma-city-sit-ins/
