High Point sit-ins
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| Part of the sit-in movement in the civil rights movement | |||
| Date | February 11, 1960 February 18, 1960 | ||
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The High Point sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in February 1960 at a Woolworth's store in High Point, North Carolina. While not the first sit-in, it is thought to be one of the first sit-ins organized primarily by high school students.
The students were inspired by the Greensboro sit-ins that began earlier in the month. The protests lasted for one week and culminated after requests from then-mayor Jesse Washburn and the creation of the Human Relations Committee to investigate the issues that led to the sit-ins.