sit-in

Japanese: sit-in(英語表記)sitin
sit-in

…In February 1960, several black college students sat down at a lunch counter for whites in Greensboro, North Carolina. This sit-in movement quickly spread, and sit-ins took place everywhere, including restaurants, stores, theaters, and public facilities that refused to serve blacks. In addition, “freedom riders” traveled in buses to major cities in the South to end segregation in bus shelters. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "sit-in" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…60年2月,数人の黒人大学生がノース・カロライナ州グリーンズボロの白人用ランチ・カウンターに座り込んだ。このシット・インsit‐in運動は一挙に広がり,黒人の利用を拒む食堂,売店,劇場,公共設備など,いたるところで座込みが行われた。また南部各州のバス待合所の隔離をやめさせるため,〈フリーダム・ライダーfreedom rider〉がバスを連ねて主要な都市を巡った。…

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