Join the Student Sit-Ins Classroom Videos

Grade Range: 5-12
Resource Type(s): Interactives & Media
Duration: 22 minutes
Date Posted: 1/25/2010

In this series of five short videos, students can watch a museum  theater presentation. During the presentation, a fictional composite character from 1960 is conducting a training session for people interested in joining a student sit-in to protest racial segregation. The student speaks about the recent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, and coaches members of the audience in the philosophy and tactics of non-violent direct action.


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