Protest in South
 

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Protest in South
1960 was a year of widespread protests in the South. Blacks, led by student protesters, initiated widespread sit-ins throughout the South, demanding integration of restaurants and other public accommodations. In one of the sit-ins, Reverend Martin Luther King was arrested, and sentenced to four months in jail for parole violation from an earlier traffic violation. Presidential candidate Kennedy helped secure King's release from jail.