Feb. 1st 1960, 4 black students sat at segregated lunch counter in Greensboro department stall
The sit-in was organized by the NAACP Youth Council
30 more joined next day
White students poured food on them and blew smoke in their faces
Marked the beginning of the student-led phase of the civil rights movement. By the end of the summer in 1961, over 70,000 had attended sit-ins, with more than 3,000 arrests.
Media was filled with pictures of calm black students being yelled at by angry white youths.
