| Sumario: | On the eve of the Arlington sit-ins, only eight cities inthe South had desegregated their lunch counters: Austin,Corpus Christi, Dallas, San Antonio, Galveston,Nashville, Winston-Salem, and Salisbury (North Carolina).No Virginia locality had opened its lunch counters toBlack customers, despite sit-ins since February inRichmond, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, andSuffolk.5 THE STUDENTS WHO PLANNED THE ARLINGTON SIT-IN wereloosely organized, with Laurence Henry and Paul Dietrichtheir de facto leaders. Interview with Robert Welsh; Henry, "Anatomy of aSit-In, Part 3"; "'Sit-ins' Start in Nearby Va."; "NegroRelates Objectives of Sitdown", Washington Post, 11 June1960, 814; "Arlington Sit-Ins Are Resumed"; "Quiet TensionMarked People's Store Sit-In." 24. "Arlington sit-ins halted; students await Julyhearing"; "3 Counters Closed in Arlington Sit-In"; "TwoNegroes in Restaurant Sit-Down Held for Trespassing";"I'm Going to Sit Here Until They Serve Me", WashingtonDaily News, 11 June 1960, 5; "Arlington Sit-Ins AreResumed"; "Greene. 1960, 1; "White Man Sentenced in Carolina Tiff,"Washington Post, 19 Feb. 1 960, A3; Lewis, Walking withthe Wind, 100; "Sitdown Erupts Into Racial Riot", NewYork Times, 24 Feb. 1960, 28; "Nashville Seizes 75 inRace Clash", New York Times, 28 Feb. 1 960, 51; "50Negroes Batter Cars at White Restaurant, Washington Post,6 Mar. 1960, A16; "Gandhi "Inspired" Negro Sitdowns at5-and-1 Os: White Students Join Greensboro UnderlinesSouth's Problem", Washington Post.
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