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THE SIT-IN MOVEMENT In the years after Greensboro, from 1960 to 1963, sit-in demonstrations spread throughout the South and the Border States. Some protests succeeded. Others failed. One that failed was at a small restaurant in the Modawmin Shopping Mall in Baltimore, MD. |
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An integrated team of black and white
protesters sat-in at the White Coffee Pot restaurant at Mondawmin.
They occupied seats at the counter and at some of the tables.
The manager of the restaurant shrewdly did not have the demonstrators arrested. As a result, there was no violence and no news media coverage. In the summer of 2002, the Mondawmin Mall was still in business and holding a Back-To-School Sale. |
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The restaurant manager's strategy
worked. When there was no newspaper or television coverage, the
protesters had no choice but to abandon the sit-in.
In the 40 years from the 1960s to the 2000s, the neighborhood around Mondawmin has become heavily African-American. |
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The White Coffee Pot restaurant is long gone from Mondawmin. The Mall continues to thrive as a major shopping center for a predominantly black clientele. |