Day 8-14: February 8-14, 1960

On Monday, February 8, 1960, students in Winston-Salem, NC, and Durham, NC, held sit-ins to demonstrate their solidarity with Greensboro students. Sit-in protests quickly followed in North Carolina cities such as Charlotte, Raleigh, Fayetteville, and High Point. The movement also gained momentum and spread to Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and even F.W. Woolworth stores in New York City.

Find the North Carolina cities on this map:

Source: https://www.visitnc.com/cities-regions