sit-in
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- Tactics
- Examples
- United States
- Civil rights movement
- 1955 Baltimore, Maryland
- 1957 Durham, North Carolina
- 1958 Wichita and Oklahoma City
- 1960 Greensboro and Nashville
- 1961 Rock Hill, South Carolina
- 1962 University of Chicago, Illinois
- Disability rights movement
- 1935 New York City
- 1972 New York City
- 1977 San Francisco
- Easement payment
- Feminist movement
- 1969 Marlene Dixon
- 1969 Oak Room sit-in
- 1970 ''Ladies' Home Journal''
- Gun control lobby
- 2016 United States House of Representatives
- LGBTQ+ rights movement
- 1965 Philadelphia
- 1966 New York
- Protests against the Israel-Hamas War
- Anti Islamic Republic Protest
- Hungary
- Eco-protest movement
- Pakistan
- 2014 anti-government protest
- South Africa
- Wales
- Dharna
- See also
- References
- External links
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A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change. The protestors gather conspicuously in a space or building, refusing to move unless their demands are met. The often clearly visible demonstrations are intended to spread awareness among the public, or disrupt the goings-on of the protested organization. Lunch counter sit-ins were a nonviolent form of protest used to oppose segregation during the 1954–1968 civil rights movement in the United States, and often provoked heckling and violence from those opposed to their message.