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    The document summarizes the sit-ins that occurred during the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It notes that sit-ins took place in various cities across the southern United States and varied in their confrontational nature, duration, and profile. However, all required courage and communal sacrifice that characterized the Civil Rights Movement. The key to successful sit-ins was their non-violent nature, though protesters still faced harassment from hooligans seeking to provoke a violent reaction. Students in Petersburg studied at an "extracurricular school" to prepare for sit-ins and withstand the stresses of such protests.

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    The document summarizes the sit-ins that occurred during the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It notes that sit-ins took place in various cities across the southern United States and varied in their confrontational nature, duration, and profile. However, all required courage and communal sacrifice that characterized the Civil Rights Movement. The key to successful sit-ins was their non-violent nature, though protesters still faced harassment from hooligans seeking to provoke a violent reaction. Students in Petersburg studied at an "extracurricular school" to prepare for sit-ins and withstand the stresses of such protests.

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    The document summarizes the sit-ins that occurred during the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It notes that sit-ins took place in various cities across the southern United States and varied in their confrontational nature, duration, and profile. However, all required courage and communal sacrifice that characterized the Civil Rights Movement. The key to successful sit-ins was their non-violent nature, though protesters still faced harassment from hooligans seeking to provoke a violent reaction. Students in Petersburg studied at an "extracurricular school" to prepare for sit-ins and withstand the stresses of such protests.

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    Written By: Ben Cosgrove

    Very few non-violent civil disobedience tactics of the late 1950s and early 1960s were as
    brilliantly simple in conception and as effective in execution as the sit-ins that rocked
    cities and towns from Texas and Oklahoma to Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina and
    beyond. Some sit-ins at lunch counters, state houses and other public and private venues
    were more confrontational than others; some lasted longer than others; some were more
    high-profile than others. But all required a certain kind of courage and a communal
    willingness to sacrifice that were hallmarks of the Civil Rights Movement in America.

    The key to the sit-in is non-violence, but it takes a tough inner fiber neither to flinch nor retaliate
    when, occasionally, hooligans pick on the sitters-in to discourage them or provoke them into
    some violent act. Fearing the stress on sensibilities and temper to which a sit-in could be
    subjected, the high school and college students of Petersburg. studied at a unique but punishing
    extracurricular school before they attempted sitting-in.

    https://www.life.com/history/life-and-civil-rights-anatomy-of-a-protest-virginia-1960/

    Question - “The non-violent nature of protest proved to be the key factor in the success of sit-ins
    during the US Civil Rights Movement.” Discuss.

    Discuss Offer a considered and balanced review that includes a range of


    arguments, factors or hypotheses. Opinions or conclusions should
    be presented clearly and supported by appropriate evidence.

    Non-Violent Protests- Civil rights movement

    Martin Luther King was greatly inspired by the ideals and ideas of Mahatma Gandhi which
    motivated him to fight for his rights with peace. He believed violence wouldn’t be effective and
    would not help him achieve his goals. He took part in and led and inspired many peaceful
    protests, marches, sit-ins and more. Everybody supported MLK as they believed he would help
    them fight for the rights they deserve, MLK supported non violence as he believed violence
    would only give the “superiors” the chance to paint them as villains and will give them a reason
    to treat them as a minority. Rosa Parks was also greatly inspired by MLK, she simply wanted
    equality in the public transport were

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