The St. Louis sit-in movement wasn’t a brief moment in history. It laid the cornerstone for future efforts, particularly the 1949 sit-ins led by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).

One of the first lunch counter sit-ins of the civil rights movement took place in Oklahoma City in 1958. This weekend, the city remembers the protest and its organizer, Clara Luper.

The St. Louis sit-in movement wasn’t a brief moment in history. It laid the cornerstone for future efforts, particularly the 1949 sit-ins led by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).

ARCHIVE STORY: Protesters recall sit-in movement during ceremony. Allen, 68, was 14 years old during her first protest, and was part of the third group to stage sit-ins in Woolworth's, ...

In 1960, four students from North Carolina A&T refused to give up their seats at a lunch counter. Their actions sparked a national sit-in movement.