Ka kammala wannan magana: Kafin daliban da ke Nashville su sami damar tsara tsare-tsaren su, abubuwan da suka faru a wasu wurare sun kawo gaggawa ga ƙoƙarin. A lokacin makon farko na Fabrairu 1960, wani karamin
zanga-zangar zama a Greensboro, North Carolina, ya girma a cikin wani gagarumin zanga-zanga da fiye da tamanin dalibai halartar da rana ta uku. Kodayake irin wannan zanga-zangar ta faru a baya a wasu biranen, wannan shine na farko da ya jawo hankalin kafofin watsa labarai da kuma sanarwar jama'a. Lokacin da kungiyar Lawson ta hadu a daren Juma'a mai zuwa, kimanin sabbin masu sa kai 500 suka bayyana don shiga cikin lamarin. Kodayake Lawson da sauran masu shirya manya sun yi jayayya don jinkirta, shugabannin ɗalibai sun nace cewa lokaci ya yi da za a yi aiki.