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Standing Up

Learn how the 1960 student sit-ins began and spread. This interactive lesson for students and educators starts in Greensboro, North Carolina, where four college freshmen sat down at a whites-only lunch counter, then follows the movement to Nashville and beyond. Each discovery you make earns a piece of the museum’s sit-in exhibit, Standing Up by Sitting Down, which you help build. Sponsored by Verizon.

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