Shaw University and St. Augustine’s College students protest in 1960

On February 10, 1960 students from Shaw University and St. Augustine’s College walked Fayetteville Street and sat down at lunch counters in Raleigh with the sole request to be served.

The sit-in protests began in Greensboro ten days earlier and other college towns soon followed. The simple act of sitting at a lunch counter and reading proved to be an effective and non-violent tactic to challenge de facto segregation.

By simply shining a light on an antiquated and racist custom, civil rights activists across the nation made progress toward a more equitable society.

After the Greensboro, Durham and Raleigh sit-ins, more followed in High Point, Salisbury and Chapel Hill.

The link below contains the other images taken in Raleigh that day.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/north-carolina-state-archives/?
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