sat in for Civil Rights sit down in the early 1960's. why lunch counters had to be blocked Civil Rights Movement 1955-1965: Sit-Ins (OBAMA) Sit-Ins Sit-Ins Sit-Ins sit-ins sit-ins Eheu! It gives one pause! Sit ins-- 1960 1955-1965: Sit-Ins Lunch counter sit-in the sit in movement triggered a massive movement of 70,000 more demonstrators African-American History sit-ins sit-ins sit-ins sit-in lunch counter sit-ins Non-Violent Instructions to Sit-in Demonstrators