The Associated Press reported that more than 1,000 Black Americans had been arrested across the South for participating in sit-in protests against segregated lunch counters. Sparked by the Greensboro Four in North Carolina, the sit-in movement rapidly spread to cities throughout the region. The wave of peaceful, youth-led protests became a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement, drawing national attention to the injustices of racial segregation.
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