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The Object of History | Behind the Scenes with the Curators of the National Museum of American History
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Jim Crow Rules the Day: Segregation Laws
Separate is Not Equal: the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Decision
Greensboro, North Carolina F.W. Woolworth store
The Sit-in Students Captured on Film
How it Originated: Joseph McNeil's Story, Part I
Origins of the Sit-in: A Sibling Remembers (Gloria Jean Blair Howard)
How it Ended: A Black Worker's Recollections (Geneva Tisdale)
Segregation is Wrong: Protester Picket the Woolworth store
What was the impact of the sit-ins?
Harassing the Protesters
From Sit-ins to SNCC: the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee Statement of Purpose
Support Southern Students: SNCC pins
What was the impact of the sit-ins?
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Interview with Fath Davis Ruffins, National Museum of American History, June 1, 2006.
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