Owen Junior College students who participated in sit-ins in the 1960s were recognized for their bravery on Wednesday. 65 ...

The early sit-in movement in St. Louis Believe it or not, St. Louis was home to sit-ins aimed at desegregation as early as 1944. The movement was spearheaded by Pearl Maddox, an African American ...

The peaceful sit-in, which lasted more than five months, sparked a wave of similar protests across the South and became a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement. McNeil recently returned to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

By 1961, Diane Nash had emerged as one of the most respected student leaders of the sit-in movement in Nashville, TN. Raised in middle-class Catholic family in Chicago, Nash attended Howard ...

At the time of the sit-ins, he had just been promoted from ... aside to ask why the protesters were picking on his store. The movement grew and spawned widespread boycotts of segregated lunch ...

Nearly 100 protesters were arrested Thursday after a sit-in at Trump Tower in New York ... Mahmoud free Palestine" and "You can't deport a movement." Many people could be heard chanting "Free ...

ST. LOUIS — When you think of sit-in demonstrations to desegregate public spaces, your mind might immediately go to Greensboro, North Carolina, where students staged famous protests at the ...