This
photograph, taken in February, 1960 by Jack Moebes, shows four young men
participating in the Greensboro Sit-Ins.
In accordance with common practices of the time, most businesses were
segregated, either having a separate area for black customers, or refusing to
serve them outright. In protest, when the
Woolworth department store refused to serve these students, they refused to
leave. In the following days, more and
more people joined in protest, spreading to other segregated establishments in
Greensboro and across the south. For the
most part, these protests remained peaceful, in accordance with the more
popular approach to the racial equality movement. The sit-in movement in many ways achieved
success. Apart from the desegregation of
many businesses and other public facilities, the movement swept through the
media, improving the awareness of the issue.
This particular image was taken on the second day of the protest,
February, 2, for the Greensboro Record. The article accompanying the photograph seems
to approach the event without bias, neither supporting, nor attacking the group.
Chris Rother
Is there any way to figure out what papers picked this up after the Record? This might provide some other interesting connections? And maybe some overlap with the song?
ReplyDeleteIs there a possibility that you could connect the look on these men's faces to how they felt about what was going on in the civil rights movement? How did they feel about the segregation and based on the pic, how did they feel about rebelling in such a nonviolent way? I just think you may want to find a more sound way to link a short analysis of the pic to the rhetorical situation.
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