Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 3 ga Fabrairu, 1960, Babban Jami'ar Atlanta (AUC) Lonnie King, ya karanta game da yara maza huɗu waɗanda suka fara zama a Woolworth Store a cikin garin Greensboro
, Arewacin Carolina a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu. Wannan zama na farko ya haifar da ƙarfin zuciya da kamewa ta jiki, wanda aka kama ta ruwan tabarau na 'yan jarida, ya fallasa sabon ƙarni na matasa ga ayyukan kai tsaye marasa ƙarfi. Abu na farko da ya zo cikin tunanin Sarki shi ne hare-haren wando da kuma yadda sauri wadannan hare-haren za su iya yaduwa daga kwaleji daya zuwa wani. Sarki ya yi imanin cewa ya kamata a yi amfani da ka'idar da aka yi a cikin 'yancin' yanci na 'yanci saboda rabuwa ya kasance a ko'ina. Rabuwa matsala ce da ta wanzu a duk kudancin, ba kawai a Greensboro ba. Sarki ya yi shawara da Joseph Pierce da Julian Bond game da shirya Harkar Dalibai a Cibiyar Jami'ar Atlanta. Su uku ba su gamsu da jinkirin Atlanta ba don canji a cikin rabuwa kuma sun yanke shawarar yin aiki.