http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/06/sit-in-training-at-american-history/ A new Smithsonian blog covering scenes and sightings from the Smithsonian museums and beyond. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/06/sit-in-training-at-american-history/comment-page-1/#comment-7433 bring history to life (literally) with Smithsonian theater programs « The Affiliate Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:04:36 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=5555#comment-7433 [...] Join the Student Sit-Ins Join the Student Sit-Ins is an interactive presentation of the story of the 1960 sit-in for desegregation that took place at the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.  Visitors take part in a training session based on an actual 1960s manual and prepare for their first sit-in.  The program won the Smithsonian’s Education Excellence Award in 2009 for the Institution’s best educational program.  According to one participant, “The Greensboro Lunch Counter performance was the most powerful exhibit that I’ve seen in DC.  The woman who did it was wonderful and passionate and brought me to tears.”  C. Vanarthos 8/13/11.  For more, read about the program in the Smithsonian’s Around the Mall blog. [...] [...] Join the Student Sit-Ins Join the Student Sit-Ins is an interactive presentation of the story of the 1960 sit-in for desegregation that took place at the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.  Visitors take part in a training session based on an actual 1960s manual and prepare for their first sit-in.  The program won the Smithsonian’s Education Excellence Award in 2009 for the Institution’s best educational program.  According to one participant, “The Greensboro Lunch Counter performance was the most powerful exhibit that I’ve seen in DC.  The woman who did it was wonderful and passionate and brought me to tears.”  C. Vanarthos 8/13/11.  For more, read about the program in the Smithsonian’s Around the Mall blog. [...]

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