The AARP Bulletin had an interesting short history of the use of the sit-in as a means of protest. The first seems to be the "Woolworth's Sit-In" in Greensboro, NC in 1960. There was "Atlanta Sit-In" in 1961 protesting city segregation. A "Free Speech Sit-In" occured at Berkley, California in 1964 and 1965 protesting First Amendment restrictions. At Berkley in 1965 there was also a "teach-in" protesting the war in Vietnam. A "Human Be-In" took place in San Francisco n 1967 protesting the state's ban on LSD (0nly in California). The list also includes a TV program. "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" was on the TV from 1968 to 1973 inspiring an FBI investigation after the show made fun of J. Edgar Hoover. In Amsterdam and Montreal in 1969 there was a "Bed-Ins for Peace" protesting the Vietnam war. This source noted the last such "In" was a "Ladies Home Journal Sit-In" in 1970 that protested sexism in magazines. (More research is needed on this but I found it interesting so I included it here).
(Source: "Social Change-In" by Betsy Towner in the AARP Bulletin in July and August of 2010).
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