Atlanta Sit-ins - New Georgia Encyclopedia

In March 1960 students representing Atlanta’s historically Black colleges formed the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR) to lobby for the desegregation of the city’s lunch counters. After a year of demonstrations and failed negotiations, downtown retailers submitted to the organization’s demands. Thereafter, COAHR worked in concert with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) […]

History of Atlanta: Railroad Terminus to Modern Metropolis

Sit-ins: Atlanta, Ga. - Civil Rights Digital Library

Atlanta Sit-ins - New Georgia Encyclopedia

Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott: Romito, Dee, Freeman, Laura: 9781499807202: : Books

Greensboro sit-in: A movement begins

Discussion – Page 5 – History 118: US History Since 1877

Atlanta Campaign - New Georgia Encyclopedia

Discussion – Page 5 – History 118: US History Since 1877

Sit-in at Rich's Magnolia Room, 1960-1961 - Clio

Remembering the Atlanta Student Movement's fight for desegregation – WABE