University of Chicago sit-ins

University of Chicago sit-ins
University of Chicago sit-ins
Part of the Civil Rights Movement
	Bernie Sanders speaks to protesters on January 23, 1962, the first day of the sit-ins
Date	January 23 – February 5, 1962
Location	Chicago, Illinois
Caused by	Racial segregation in off-campus housing
Parties
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); Student Government;	University of Chicago; (UChicago)
Lead figures
	Member of CORE Bernie Sanders; President of UChicago George Beadle;

The University of Chicago sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois in 1962. The protests were called to end alleged segregation in off-campus university-owned residential properties.