A CiffiONOLOGICAL LISTIIIJG OF THE CITIES IN WHICH DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE OCCURRED

FEBRUARY 1 - MARCH 31, 1960*

Sit-ins a:t Private Bus &

First establish- Train Public Date City ments? Stations? Buildings?

Feb. 1 Greensboro,NC Yes No No

Feb. 8 Durham, NC Yes No No

Feb. 8 Winston-Salem, NC Yes No No

Feb. 9 Char lotte, NC Yes No No

Feb. 9 Fayetteville, NC Yes No No

Feb. 10 Raleigh, NO Yes No No

Feb. ll Elizabeth City, NC Yes No No

Feb. ll High Point,NC Yes No No

Feb. 11 Hampton, va. Yes No No

Feb. 12 Concord, NC Yes No No

* This list is compiled principally from press Although the record on these and the reports. . . follow1ng pages 1s as accurate as we can make lt,

some events were undoubtedly unreported or not in­cluded in our files.~

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other forms of Protest Remarks

picketing

, march There have been ' occasional at-tempts to re-open lunch counters. Stools removed at one store and counter desegre-gated.

picketing

picketing

picketing prayer meeting on state capitol steps

Mayor's committee recommended 150-day trial inte-gration 373I; no immediate response from variety stores. -

picketing march

religious service on court-house lawn, march

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Sit-ins at

Private Bus & other First establish- Train Public forms of Date Cit ment~~-~ StatiQll§l_Buildings? Protest Remarks - ~~L--~

Feb. 12 Norfolk, Va .• Yes No No

Feb. 12 Portsmouth, Va.. Yes No No march, White and Negro attempt- mobs dispe~sed py ed boy- police 2/16-17 cott

Feb. 12 Rock Hill, sc Yes No No picketing Feb. 12 Deland, Fla .. Yes No No

Feb. 13 Nashville, Tenn. Yes Yes No picketing Studerit leader ex-pelled from Vanderbilt Divinity School. Negroes served at Greyhound Station 3/16

Feb. 13 Tallahassee,Fla. Yes No No march Police broke up march 3/12 with tear gas.

Feb. 16 Salisbury, NC Yes No No Three drug stores gave desegregated service 3/7 --apparently the first genuine victory of the movement.

Feb. 18 Shelby, NC Yes Yes No picketing Negro picket attacked

Feb. 18 Suffolk, Va. Yes No No Stools removed at one store and counter desegre-gated; business declined an esti-mated 75%.

Feb. 19 Chattanooga,fenn. Yes No No Riots 2/23-25.

Feb. 2( Richmond, Va. Yes No No picketing

Feb. 20 Baltimore, Md. Yes No No picketing Picketing direct-ed at theatre.

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Sit-ins at

Private Bus & other First establish- Train Public forms of

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Feb. 22,Newport News, va. Yes No No picketing

march

Feb. 25 Montgomery,Ala. No No Yes march, Violent attacks on mass . Negroes 2/28. rally on Riot 3/6. Leaders campus of demonstration

were expelled from Alabama State on order of State Board of Education. Tour-ing Northern white students and in-structor jailed for eating with Negroes in a cafeo

Feb.25 Orangeburg, sc Yes No No march Police used fire hose and tear gas to disperse Negro marchers 3/l2o

Febo25 . Henderson, NC Yes No No Negro student assaulted white man.

Feb.25 Charleston,SC No No No march I

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Lexington,Ky. Yes No No

Tuskegee,Ala. No No No march, One march of Feb. 27 attempt- Tuskegee students ed boy- was in cott Montgomeryo

Feb.27 · Petersburg, va. No No Yes nego ... Sit-in took

tiating place in public teams library. visited stores asking for desegre-gated service and rest

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Sit•ins at Prj.vate Bus & other

First establish- Train Public forms of Date City ments? Stations? Buildings? Protest Remarks

Feb. 28 Chapel Hill, NC Yes Yes No

Feb. 29 Denmark, sc Yes No No

Feb. 29 Tampa, Fla. Yes Yes No

Mar. 1 Monroe, NC Yes No No

Mar. 2 st. Petersburg, Fla. Yes No No

Mar. 2 Sarasota, Fla. Yes No No

Mar. 2 Daytona Beach, Fla. Yes No No attempt-

ed boy-cott

Mar. 2 Columbia, SC Yes Yes No march Negroes attacked several cars at a white drive-in restaurant 3/5

Mar. 3 Atlanta, Ga. Yes Yes Yes news- Sit-in included paper theatrical per-ad, formance at picketing Municipal

Auditcriu:n

Mar. 4 Sumter, SC Yes No No rally on court-house steps

Mar. 4 Florence, SC Yes No No

Mar. 4 Orlando, Fla. Yes No No

Mar. 4 Miami, Fla. Yes No No Participants were adult ministers

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First Date City

Mar. 5 Houston, Tex.

Mar. 5 Xenia, Ohio

Mar. 1 Sanford, Fla.

Mar. 1 Bluefield, w. va.

Mar. 1 Knoxville,Tenno

Mar. 8 New Orleans,Lao

Mar. 10 Little Rock, Ark.

Maro 10 Huntsville, Ala.

Private establish­

ments?

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Sit-ins at

Bus & Train Public

Stations? Buildings? ~~~ ..

No Yes

No No

No No

No No

No No

No No

No No

No No

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other forms of Protest Remarks

picketing Negroes served in Gity Hall Cafe­teria 3/25; lessee announced return to segregation 3/26o A Negro brutally tortured by white youths 3/7.

students met with e:tty manager and pe .. titioned unsucess­fully for use of · civic: center

Restaurant dese­gregated after J:day closing.

picketing Theatre included in demonstrations.

on­campus parade

march

State Atty. Gen. smeared president of students• college (Philander Smith) as suspect of left-wing subversion.,

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Sit-ins at

Private Bus & other First establish- Train Public forms of Date City menta? Stations? Buildings? Protest Remarks

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Mar. 11 Austin, Tex. No No No march, Demonstrations picketing were directed leaflets against the

segregationist housing, athletic, drama policies of the University of Texas

Mar. 11 Galveston, Tex. Yes No No

Mar. 12 Jacksonville, Fla. Yes No No

Mar. 13 San Antonio, Tex. No No No ultimatum Six variety stores

con. and a city-wide ference drug chain began

desegregated vice 37lt>.

ser-

Mar. lS St. Augustine, Fla. Yes No No Fights suppress-

ed by police 3/17.

Mar. 16 Savannah, Ga. Yes No No picketing White and Negro attempted mobs dispersed boycott by police 3/17.

Mar. l? New Bern, NC Yes No No

Mar. 18 Memphis, · T~nil. Yes No Yes meeting Most important with sit-in has been City for library ser-Commis- vice. Art sion gallery also a

target.

Mar. 19 vvilmington, NC Yes No No

Mar. 19 Arlington, Va. Yes No No Sit-in led to fight between store owner and Negroes

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Private Bus & other First establish- Train Public forms of Date City ments? Stations? Buildings? Protest Remarks - -· ' - . u . -~

Mar. 19 Lenoir, ijC No No Yes Negroes entered librar;z and were not disturbed in using the facilities.

Mar. 21 Statesville, NC Yes No No

Mar. 25 Pine Bluff, Ark. No No No attempted

boycott

Mar. 26 Lynchburg, Va., Yes No No

Har. 26 Charleston, w. va. Yes No No

Mar. 26 Marshall, Tex. Yes Yes No mass Police used fire gathering hose to disperse on court crowd 3/30. Bishop house College fired an square instructor after

governor charged demonstrations Cmnrnunist inspired

MarG 28 Baton Rouge,La. Yes Yes No march Leaders of demon-stration expelled by Southern University; other students are staying out of classes in prote-st.

Mar. 31 Birmingham,Al.ac Yes No No