1960年7月、サウスカロライナ州グリーンビルの8人の黒人学生が、市の人種分離された公立図書館でシットインを行い、逮捕され、最終的に施設の統合につながった。この抗議にはジェシー・ジャクソンと他の7人が参加し、図書館がジム・クロウ差別を維持する役割を強調した。彼らの行動は訴訟を通じて成功し、9月までにすべての利用者に図書館を再開させた。
米国におけるジム・クロウ時代のパブリックライブラリーは、しばしば白人と黒人の利用者のための別々の支所を維持しており、サウスカロライナ州のグリーンビル公立図書館もそのようなシステムを運営していた。1960年1月、当時イリノイの学校で休暇中の学生だったジェシー・ジャクソンは、有色人種のための支所を訪れたが、論文に必要な本がなく、司書は注文することを申し出たが、配達に6日かかり、彼の作業には間に合わなかった。ジャクソンはメインの、より資金が豊富な支所に入ろうとしたが立ち入りは拒否され、さらなる行動を計画するきっかけとなった。
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