 The "sit-in" technique was not newas far back as 1939, African-American attorney Samuel Wilbert Tucker organized a sit-in at the then-segregated Alexandria, Virginia, library.In 1960 the technique succeeded in bringing national attention to the movement.On March 9, 1960, an Atlanta University Center group of students released An Appeal for Human Rights as a full page advertisement in newspapers, including the "Atlanta Constitution", "Atlanta Journal", and "Atlanta Daily World".