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Committee on Appeal for Human Rights holds first sit-in
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Julian Bond and the newly formed Committe on Appeal for Human Rights, based in Atlanta, holds its first sit-in.
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March 1, 1960
Students stage protest against segregation at Montgomery capitol building
March 2, 1960
60 students arrested at Nashville bus station protest
March 6, 1960
800 African-Americans march toward Alabama state capitol building
March 15, 1960
Committee on Appeal for Human Rights holds first sit-in
March 16, 1960
San Antonio integrates lunch counters
March 30, 1960
Marshall police break up lunch counter sit-in
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