protests+tt

On February 1, 1960, four students from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical College, an all-black college, sat down at the segregated lunch counter for whit patrons only. to protest Woolworth's policy of excluding African Americans. These protesters were encouraged to dress professionally, to sit quietly, and to occupy every other stool so that potential white sympathizers could join in. This was (and still is) an effective and non-violent form of protesting. these protests may be non-violent but if they turn violent by trying to get the protesters to leave then it raises sympathy for the protesting people.