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The 14th amendment to the constitution mandates equal protection under the law for all citizens of the united states. This amendment had previously not outlawed segregation due to a court decision that determined separation with equality was fine, only problem, they were not equal. brown vs. the board of education determined this and thereafter all segregation was outlawed at the state level. d

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This cartoon shows an artist's opinion of the differences between those demonstrating in a sit-in and those opposed to a sit-in. It is meant to signify the decency of the sit-in movement and the idiocy and ill-will the opposition to the movement showcases through their actions.

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these sit-ins were exeedingly effective in desegregating southern diners and restaurants because they directly effected these businesses in a negative way so the businesses caved

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in a way the movement itself was the influence and the outcome, when the first sit-in occurred and worked, more took place, the practice grew and grew so it in a way influenced itself.

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Non-violence was a key strategy of the sit-in movement as MLKJ thought that if the demonstrators did not physically resist that it would show the purity in their actions.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooqTXv5phoc

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The civil rights sit in movement was a civil rights protest executed non-violently through the simple disruption of everyday life. The participants would take a seat at a whites only lunch counter and would ask for a basic item like coffee, and they would then wait to be served. That was it, simple, but extremely effective. The protesters faced taunts and aggression and answered it with peace and patience. this practice originated in Greensboro North Carolina and spread like wildfire.

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https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/the-greensboro-sit-in
http://www.ushistory.org/us/54d.asp

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The Student Non-violent Coordination Committee was formed to better organize these efforts among students across the nation.

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Martin Luther King Jr. was the most significant civil rights activist of the the 20th century, he was born January 25th, 1929, he was assassinated April 4, 1968.