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The Launching of the Student Sit-in Movement: The Role of Black Women at Bennett College

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: The essay explores the involvement of the women at Bennett College for Women, one of two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that continues the mission of solely educating women, in the student-led sit in movement launched in Greensboro, North Carolina in February 1960. It examines the student participants in the movement, and the theories of organization that help to provide explanations for these protest activities.

Source: The Journal of African American History

DOI: 10.1086/jaahv90n1-2p52

Author: Deidre B. Flowers

Language: English

Topic: Race, History, and American Society

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W30292900

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Cites: 9

Cited by: 16

Related to: 10