Sit-ins and Desegregation in the U.S. South in the Early 1960s
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Kenneth Andrews, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Michael Biggs, University of Oxford
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Project Citation:
Andrews, K., & Biggs, M. (2016). Sit-ins and Desegregation in the U.S. South in the Early 1960s [Data set]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]. https://doi.org/10.3886/E25943V2
Project Description
Summary:
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This study examines the causes and consequences of sit-ins in the American South. It was motivated by four questions: (1) Why did sit-ins occur in some cities rather than others in the spring of 1960? (2) Did movement organizations grow faster where sit-ins occurred? (3) Why did desegregation occur in some cities but not others in 1960-1961? (4) Was desegregation more likely where sit-ins occurred? To answer these questions, we collected data on cities in the states of the former Confederacy plus Maryland, Kentucky, and West Virginia. All urban places with a population of at least 10,000 and a black population of at least 1,000 are included. These provide the 334 observations. Variables include dates of sit-in protest and of the desegregation of lunch counters, social and economic characteristics from the 1960 Census, geographical location, Civil Rights organizations, newspaper circulation, and athletic affiliations of black colleges.
Scope of Project
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[Black community;
social protest;
Southern United States;
social movements;
desegregation]
Geographic Coverage:
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United States
Time Period(s):
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1/1/1955 – 12/31/1962 (1955-1962)
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