Thesis
Africans were brought to North America as slaves and had no rights. Slavery ended in 1865 with the end of the Civil War and the 13th Amendment, but racism and hatred by whites prevented African-Americans from becoming equal citizens. Treatment as second-class citizens remained until 1960, when four black college students in Greensboro, North Carolina started a sit-in to protest these wrongs. The Greensboro Sit-In, a non-violent student protest, energized African-American youth to stage sit-ins and protests throughout the country and ignited a movement that grew with support from blacks and whites until new Civil Rights legislation was passed assuring African-Americans equal rights.