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{{Short description|Form of direct action}}
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[[File:Benjamin Cowins during a sit-in at McCrory's lunch counter in Tallahassee.jpg|thumb|[[Florida A&M University|FAMU]] student [[Benjamin Cowins]] during a 1961 sit-in at McCrory's lunch counter in [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]]]]
[[File:Sitdown outside Victorian Parliament - -climatestrike Melbourne IMG 3522 (45203540215).jpg|thumb|A sit-in for climate action in Melbourne, Australia]]
[[File:20081106 Executive Yuan Human Rights Sit-in.jpg|thumb|Human rights sit-in at the [[Executive Yuan|Taiwanese executive assembly]]]]
A '''sit-in''' or '''sit-down''' is a form of [[direct action]] that involves one or more people occupying an area for a [[protest]], often to promote political, social, or economic change. The protestors gather conspicuously in a space or building, refusing to move unless their demands are met. The often clearly visible demonstrations are intended to spread awareness among the public, or disrupt the goings-on of the protested organization. Lunch counter sit-ins were a [[nonviolent]] form of protest used to oppose segregation during the [[civil rights movement]], and often provoked heckling and violence from those opposed to their message.<ref>"Sit-Ins." The Martin Luther King Jr., Research and Education Institute, June 27, 2020, https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/sit-ins</ref>