Sit-ins and Desegregation in the U.S. South in the Early 1960s (ICPSR 35630)
Version Date: May 8, 2015 View help for published
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Kenneth T. Andrews, University of North Carolina;
Michael Biggs, University of Oxford
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35630.v1
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This study examines the causes and consequences of sit-ins in the American South. It was motivated by four questions: (1) Why did sit-ins occur in some cities rather than others in the spring of 1960? (2) Did movement organizations grow faster where sit-ins occurred? (3) Why did desegregation occur in some cities but not others in 1960-1961? (4) Was desegregation more likely where sit-ins occurred? To answer these questions, data was collected on cities in the states of the former Confederacy plus Maryland, Kentucky, and West Virginia. All urban places with a population of at least 10,000 and a Black population of at least 1,000 are included. These provide the 334 observations. Variables include dates of sit-in protest and of the desegregation of lunch counters, social and economic characteristics from the 1960 Census, geographical location, Civil Rights organizations, newspaper circulation, and athletic affiliations of Black colleges.
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City
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Study Purpose View help for Study Purpose
This study examines the causes and consequences of sit-ins in the American South. It was motivated by four questions: (1) Why did sit-ins occur in some cities rather than others in the spring of 1960? (2) Did movement organizations grow faster where sit-ins occurred? (3) Why did desegregation occur in some cities but not others in 1960-1961? (4) Was desegregation more likely where sit-ins occurred?
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Data was collected on cities in the states of the former Confederacy plus Maryland, Kentucky, and West Virginia. All urban places with a population of at least 10,000 and a Black population of at least 1,000 are included.
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All urban places with a total population of at least ten thousand and a nonwhite population of at least one thousand in 1960.
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Cities in the American South, defined as states of the former Confederacy plus Maryland, Kentucky, and West Virginia
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Variables include dates of sit-in protests and of the desegregation of lunch counters, social and economic characteristics from the 1960 Census, geographical location, Civil Rights organizations, newspaper circulation, and athletic affiliations of black colleges.
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2015-05-08
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- Andrews, Kenneth T., and Michael Biggs. Sit-ins and Desegregation in the U.S. South in the Early 1960s. ICPSR35630-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2015-05-08. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35630.v1
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