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sitâ²-in`. 1. an organized passive protest against racial segregation in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them in public places. 2. any organized protest in which the demonstrators occupy and refuse to leave a public place.
The basic plan of the sit-ins was that a group of students would go to a lunch counter and ask to be served. If they were, they'd move on to the next lunch counter. If they were not, they would not move until they had been. If they were arrested, a new group would take their place.