After the Sit-Ins, Civil Rights Activists saw what these college students were doing and jointed with the Greensboro 4 to create a boycott on the WOOLWORTHS industry. After this WOOLWORTHS saw how much money they were losing and decided to desegregate their business. The Sit-In was effective.
Modern Day Sit-In
In June of 2016 a group of democrats held a sit in inside of the Capitol in order to protest a vote on gun policy reform. They combined the sit in from the Civil Rights era and modern social media to get out their cause. It did work as they prohibited the House from voting. It became an act of heroism however was also seen as a controversial act by many.
"There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement." -Andrew Young
Sit ins, Boycotts, and all effective forms of peaceful protest show that nobody has to get hurt when fighting for something you believe in. Violence never has to be the answer there are always other tactics to utilize.
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