On February 3, 1960, Atlanta University Center (AUC) senior, Lonnie King, read about the four young boys that started the sit-in at the Woolworth Store in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina on February 1. This first sit-in caused emotional fortitude and physical restraint, captured by the lenses of reporters, exposed a new generation of young adults to nonviolent direct activism. The first thing that came to King's mind was panty-raids and how quickly these raids could spread from one college to another. King believed that the panty-raid theory should be applied to the Civil Rights Movement because segregation was ubiquitous. Segregation was a problem that existed all over the south, not just in Greensboro. King conferred with Joseph Pierce and Julian Bond about organizing a Student Movement in the Atlanta University Center. The three were dissatisfied with Atlanta’s slow pace for change in segregation and decided to act.