And once he said: "Four-fifths of our troubles in this life would disappear if we would only sit down and keep still."

VOA: special.2010.12.23

The sixteen exhibits include a film recreation of the sit-in story as well as the four counter seats used by the first four protesters.

VOA: special.2010.01.29

During the nineteen fifties, he helped organize non-violent sit-in protests and boycotts of segregated white businesses.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

By the end of March, similar sit-ins were taking place in fifty-five cities in thirteen states.

VOA: special.2010.01.29

Late in nineteen thirty-five, workers at several General Motors factories began a "sit-down" strike at their machines to demand better pay and working conditions.

VOA: special.2011.03.31

The Greensboro sit-in was not the first in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.01.29

Lawmakers smashed open doors and staged a weeks-long sit-in to prevent votes related to the deal earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

During the 1950s, Hooks and the NAACP helped to organize many of the black-led boycotts of segregated white businesses, and non-violent sit-in protests that became emblematic of the burgeoning civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King,Jr.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16