Alexandria Library sit-in

時期

1939年8月21日

種類

抗議

座標

38.81° N, 77.05° W

Description

1939 anti-segregation protest in Virginia, United States

1939 anti-segregation protest in Virginia, United States

The Alexandria Library sit-in was one of the first staged sit-in actions in the United States, pioneering the use of nonviolent direct action to demand equal rights for African Americans. On August 21, 1939, five Black men sat down inside the Alexandria Public Library and quietly read books, a transgression of the library's "whites only" policy.

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