Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1960, kusan kashi 25% na mazaunan jihar 'yan Afirka ne: 1,114,907' yan ƙasa waɗanda ke rayuwa ba tare da cikakkun haƙƙoƙin tsarin mulki ba. Daliban jami'o'i 'yan Afirka na Afirka sun fara zama
wani motsi a kantin abincin rana na Woolworth a Greensboro a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 1960, wanda ya haifar da jerin zanga-zangar zama a duk faɗin Kudancin Amurka. Sun ci gaba da zama a Greensboro a wasu lokuta har tsawon watanni har sai, a ranar 25 ga Yuli, 'yan Afirka na Afirka sun yarda su ci a Woolworth's. Haɗuwa da wuraren jama'a ya biyo baya. A lokacin 1963 a Greenville, akwai wani boycott na Kirsimeti hasken wuta, da aka sani da Black Kirsimeti boycott don nuna rashin rashin hayar baki ma'aikata a lokacin Kirsimeti kakar.