Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yapashure pehondo, vatema vakamanikidzira muNorth Carolina uye mhiri kweSouth kuwanazve maruramiro avo omutemo. Vadzidzi vepakoreji veNorth Carolina Agricultural and Technical College (A&amp;T), koreji yevatema munhau, vakaita Greensboro nzvimbo yokuratidzira nokuchinja. Musi waFebruary 1, 1960, vadzidzi vepakoreji vana vatema
vakagara pasi pa"vachena bedzi" paWoolworth's lunch counter, uye vakaramba kuenda pashure pokunge varambwa basa. Vakanga vatotenga zvinhu mune zvimwe zvikamu zvechitoro chacho uye vakachengeta marisiti avo. Pashure pokurambwa basa rokudya kwemasikati, vakabudisa marisiti, vachibvunza chikonzero nei mari yavo yakanga yakanaka kwose kwose muchitoro asi kwete pachikamu chokudya kwemasikati. Mazana avatsigiri nokukurumidza akabatana neiyi sit-in, iyo yakagara kwemwedzi inoverengeka. Kuratidzira kwakadaro kwakakurumidza kupararira muSouth yose, pakupedzisira kuchitungamirira kukuparadzaniswa kwemabhodhi ezvokudya zvemasikati nezvimwe zvivako paWoolworth's nemamwe maketani.