During a period of five months in the spring of 1960, students and adults in Charlotte, North Carolina, participated in the sit-in movement to protest segregation. It was an attempt to end racial segregation in the public facilities in the city of Charlotte. The city government was the opposition. The protests started when ¨The Greensboro Four¨ sat in the ¨whites only¨ section in the F.W Woolworth store. From that point on segregation protesting started in the South and was making its way to Charlotte, North Carolina. On February 9, over 100 Smith University students staged sit-ins at eight different stores in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. Joseph Charles Jones, a 22-year-old theological student led the students. Jones was skilled in the technique of nonviolence and wanted to protest to get his point across to everyone. Finally, on July 9, 15 black students were served at a “whites only” lunch counter. The success continued when some public parks and swimming pools were integrated as well. Later on, movie theaters, suburban shopping center lunch counters, and Charlotte and Carver Colleges were also integrated.
As time went by, the protests were starting to pay off. African Americans were getting more and more freedom as the days went on. The African-American civil rights movement, like similar movements earlier, had transformed American democracy and the lives of all Americans. It also served as a model for other group advancement and group pride efforts involving women, students, Chicanos, gays and lesbians, the elderly, and many others. The protests that were apart of the segregation movement changed the lives of many then and now.
As time went by, the protests were starting to pay off. African Americans were getting more and more freedom as the days went on. The African-American civil rights movement, like similar movements earlier, had transformed American democracy and the lives of all Americans. It also served as a model for other group advancement and group pride efforts involving women, students, Chicanos, gays and lesbians, the elderly, and many others. The protests that were apart of the segregation movement changed the lives of many then and now.