selected
African-American college students staged the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee, as part of a nonviolent direct-action campaign to end racial segregation in the U.S.
Related Wikipedia articles
Nashville sit-ins
Nonviolent protests against racial segregation in Tennessee (1960)
The Nashville sit-ins, which lasted from February 13 to May 10, 1960, were part of a protest to end racial segregation at lunch counters in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The sit-in campaign, coordinated by the Nashville Student Movement and the Nashville Christian Leadership…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lunch counter
Particular type of casual restaurant
A lunch counter or luncheonette is a small restaurant, similar to a diner, where the patron sits on a stool on one side of the counter and the server serves food from the opposite side of the counter, where the kitchen or food preparation area is located. As the name suggests,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Nashville, Tennessee
Capital and largest city of Tennessee, United States
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. It is the 21st-most populous city in the United States and fourth-most populous…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Racial segregation in the United States
Separation of whites and non-whites
Facilities and services such as housing, healthcare, education, employment, and transportation have been systematically separated in the United States based on racial categorizations. Notably, racial segregation in the United States was the legally and/or socially enforced…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)