Sit-in

Duration: 54

Year Published: 1960

Creator: McGraw-Hill

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Describes an event which took place at 3:15 on Tuesday, May 10, 1960, when Black customers walked up to white lunch counters in six downtown Nashville stores and sat down to order a mid-afternoon snack. Explains that the Black students attended workshops to rehearse for the ordeal; shows how white sympathizers reacted and were abused by their aroused neighbors.

Complete Record: Describes an event which took place at 3:15 on Tuesday, May 10, 1960, when Black customers walked up to white lunch counters in six downtown Nashville stores and sat down to order a mid-afternoon snack. Explains that the Black students attended workshops to rehearse for the ordeal; shows how white sympathizers reacted and were abused by their aroused neighbors.


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