What is University of Chicago sit-ins?
{{Infobox civil conflict | title = University of Chicago sit-ins | partof = the [[Civil Rights Movement]] | image = Bernie Sanders Speaking at University of Chicago Sit-In.jpg |image_size = 250px | caption = [[Bernie Sanders]] speaks to protesters on January 23, 1962, the first day of the sit-ins | date = January 23 – February 5, 1962 | place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] | coordinates = | causes = [[Racial segregation]] in off-campus housing | status = | result = | side1 = * [[Congress of Racial Equality]] (CORE) * [[University of Chicago Student Government|Student Government]] | side2 = [[University of Chicago]]<br/>(UChicago) | side3 = | leadfigures1 = '''Member of CORE''' * [[Bernie Sanders]] | leadfigures2 = '''President of UChicago''' * [[George Beadle]] | leadfigures3 = | howmany1 = | howmany2 = | howmany3 = | casualties1 = | casualties2 = | casualties3 = | fatalities = | injuries = | arrests = | detentions = | charged = | fined = | casualties_label = | notes = | sidebox = }} The '''University of Chicago sit-ins''' were a series of [[Nonviolent resistance|nonviolent]] protests at the [[University of Chicago]] in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] in 1962. It was because of [[Racial segregation|segregation]] at the university. It was led by future [[United States senator]] of [[Vermont]] [[Bernie Sanders]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Craven |first=Jasper |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-bernie-sanders-university-of-chicago-met-20150826-story.html |title=Can Sanders' civil rights experience at U. of C. translate on campaign trail? |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=2015-08-26 |access-date=2015-09-10 |archive-date=2016-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108182818/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-bernie-sanders-university-of-ch