sit-in
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Released shortly after, they resumed their march and began a sit-in near Election Commission headquarters.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
In 2011, when Berry was nearly 80 years old, he joined a high-profile sit-in at the office of Kentucky’s then-Gov.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The elections board meets in a building near the historic site where four A&T students launched the sit-in movement to protest racial segregation in 1960.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
Last month, he joined the Cockroach sit-in and went on a hunger strike, a protest tactic in India associated with Mahatma Gandhi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
As the 1963-64 school year began, Hudson High students organized Selma’s first lunch counter sit-in.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
Demonstrators in strategic industries like telecommunications and petrochemicals have carried out sit-ins over months of unpaid wages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Following the king's address, the collective called for "peaceful sit-ins".
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
Students at Sapienza University where she works are staging sit-ins at several faculties.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
Those organizations energized student movements nationwide through sit-ins and demonstrations and by getting arrested as they fought for civil rights.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
And if the early Martin Luther King, Jr., was a bit too radical for their tastes, they viewed the Royal Ice Cream Parlor sit-ins led by Douglas Moore with something akin to horror.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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American History - Middle School
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