Talk:Greensboro sit-ins

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Contents 1 Request for expansion 2 Why important? 3 Smithsonian 4 Previous sit in: Dockum Sit-in?

[edit] Request for expansion

I think that somebody should add more to this article, as i am doing a project on this. Letthegoodtimesroll <3 23:02, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Although I added the tag, I think the event of the sit-in at Woolworth's deserves a seperate article that largely does not overlap in content with the biographical details of the four men that initiated the sit-in. - Mitchumch 02:59, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Seems like a short article. Also, the page that this is suggested to be merged with (Greensboro Twenty) doesn't exist. There was a mistake in one of the links (only the opening tag) so I fixed that. ---Chord 10:59, 26 April 2006 (EST)

Yes, someone should beef up the sit-in page. For example, Jesse Jackson was a football player at NC A&T and got his public role started as a student spokesperson during the sit-in (my memory from history clss in college - please verify) - acm-acm 16:14, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why important?

According to this article, the Greensboro lunch counter sit-in was not the first. There were previous sit-ins at lunch counters in Wichita, Kansas and Oklahoma City. For some reason the Greensboro sit-in has always received more attention, but shouldn't a Wikipedia article about the sit-ins try to set the record straight? Pat Berry 14:13, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

The Greensboro sit-ins were not the first but they were the main impetus for the beginning of the nationwide sit-in movement, which is why they get all the attention. Jieagles 18:34, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

I think I addressed this with my recent edits. Toddst1 (talk) 16:17, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Smithsonian

The comment that the original lunch counter was donated to the Smithsonian institution in 1993 is false, just so someone knows. The original lunch counter has been put behind glass and will be on display when the International Civil Rights museum opens up in Greensboro within a couple of years. In fact, I sat in the seats of the original lunch counter just 3 years ago. --70.157.77.119 01:47, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Anyone else notice that the dates change in the article? First part says 1960, second part 1969. Quite confusing...

[edit] Previous sit in: Dockum Sit-in?

I'm moving the following statement:

However though it would seem that Greensboro had the first ever sit-in of its kind, the Dockum Sit-in (at the Dockum Drugstore in Wichita Kansas) was the very first sit-in to influence all those to later come.

here to the talk page as it is unsourced and conflicts with the sourced statement in Greensboro_sit-ins#Previous_sit-ins. If someone can come up with a citation that disputes that, please discuss. Toddst1 (talk) 17:58, 25 January 2008 (UTC)