In this recap, put the verbs in the passive form and find the connecting
words . Choose from the box below and mind the tenses !
such as - because of consequently
- although -
And yet - since due to as -
On February 1st, 1960, in Greensboro, after four college
students (deny) service at a lunch counter ----------- their skin colour and refused to leave, non-violent means of protest (organize) to fight discrimination. -------------, sit-ins at lunch counters spread quickly to more than fifty towns. Black people decided to organize sit-ins at cafeterias too, read-ins at libraries, kneel-ins at churches which racially (segregate) , wade-ins at all-white beaches to protest against segregation. ------------these peaceful movements of protest immediately (support) by famous organizations ------------- the NAACP or people like Martin Luther King Jr., many black students (arrest) . ------------ at the end of the article the tone is quite optimistic, ------ the journalist says politicians and businessmen (force) to take the black community into account and to deal with their demands. The journalist thinks a favourable decision is about to (take).