White Paper – Sit-In (Part 1) | 1960

White Paper was an hour long news documentary program produced by NBC and offered for classroom use by McGraw-Hill Films.

This episode, ”Sit-In,” broadcast December 20, 1960, is hosted by Chet Huntley and chronicles the events that occurred in Nashville, Tennessee, in the early half of 1960, marking the beginning of sit-ins across the South. Part One begins with African Americans entering a diner in Nashville, Tennessee and being told they could not be served. The film then shows students sitting in at counters in Woolworth’s, Kress, and other establishments that discriminate on the basis of skin color.

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