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1960

SNCC founded / Civil Rights Act /
Woolworth sit-in
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Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee is organized in Raleigh, North Carolina.
  
 


Civil Rights Act strengthens the 1957 act by making the federal government more responsible in cases of violations.

Greensboro, North Carolina, F.W. Woolworth Lunch Counter sit-in inspires waves of sit-ins.

 

Eyes on the Prize- "Non-violent Protests, 1960"