The Sit-in Movement was Not Spontaneous: It Took Brains, Sweat, Planning and Organization
by Rhone Fraser
“The sit-in movement was built upon deep layers of African American organizational experience stretching back generations.”
The American civil rights narrative has too often been reduced to a tale of spontaneous invention, rather than the product of intense debate, meticulous planning and, often, tactical and strategic genius on the part of the organizers. It’s long past time to tell the truth about this watershed moment in the Black radical tradition. (more…)
