Cika wannan jumla:
An fara zanga-zangar ne a watan Fabrairun shekarar 1960 lokacin da dalibai 'yan baƙar fata huɗu daga Jami'ar Noma da Fasaha ta Jihar North Carolina suka zauna a wurin cin abincin rana na Woolworth's da ke Greensboro, North Carolina. Harkar ta yadu a Kudancin, ta isa Rock Hill a ranar 12 ga Fabrairu, lokacin da kimanin ɗalibai baƙar fata 100 suka shirya zama a wasu wuraren cin abinci na gari. A cikin shekara mai zuwa, an gudanar da zama da yawa a cikin birni.