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Greensboro Sit Ins: James Farmer

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a brief description of Farmer's role in support of the Greensboro sit-ins. An audio clip is included.
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North Carolina History Project: Greensboro Sit In

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the sit-in at the Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Ibiblio: Greensboro Sit Ins

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by Ibiblio, contains a background of the beginning and subsequent spread of the sit-ins during the 1960s.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Students "Sit" for Civil Rights

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read the book, "Freedom on the Menu" about the Greensboro Sit-Ins and use the background information and follow up activities provided to enhance the story.
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Ibiblio: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

For Students 9th - 10th
Two months after the Greensboro sit-ins, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed to coordinate the sit-ins and other forms of social activism against white oppression.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Sncc and Core

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Congress for Racial Equality (CORE) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), two groups that played pivotal roles in organizing nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

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