Civil rights activists occupying a lunchroom counter during a sit-in.

Civil rights activists occupying a lunchroom counter during a sit-in.

Lyon, Danny

Civil Rights Collection

In March 1962, Atlanta University Center students began a nonviolent direct action protest campaign called the "Sit-In Movement" designed to break down racial segregation in lunch counters and other public facilities in downtown Atlanta. The students' efforts had an effect within the Center from which their protests emanated.

1962

Image

1 photographic print: gelatin silver.