Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1964
Publication Information
29 Mo. L. Rev. 39 (1964)
Abstract
In the current racial contentions, the sit-in demonstration has proved to be an effective and disturbing weapon against segregation by privately-owned business establishments. It is effective because the imposition of economic loss, through monopolizing the seats in a restaurant to the exclusion of potential customers, can break down a proprietor's pattern of segregation more relentlessly than persuasion. It is disturbing because the sit-in poses a direct challenge to accustomed understanding of private property rights.
Recommended Citation
Charles E. Rice,
Sit-Ins: Proceed with Caution,
29 Mo. L. Rev. 39 (1964).
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Comments
Originally published in Missouri Law review; reprinted with permission.