After the October 19 sit-ins and following unrest, a 30-day truce was declared in Atlanta for desegregation negotiations. However, the negotiations failed and sit-ins and boycotts resumed for several months. On March 7, 1961, a group of Black elders including King notified student leaders that a deal had been reached: the city's lunch counters would desegregate in fall 1961, in conjunction with the court-mandated desegregation of schools. Many students were disappointed at the compromise. In a large meeting on March 10 at Warren Memorial Methodist Church, the audience was hostile and frustrated. King then gave an impassioned speech calling participants to resist the "cancerous disease of disunity", helping to calm tensions.
after the october 19 sit-ins and following unrest a 30-day truce was declared in atlanta for desegregation negotiations however the negotiations failed and sit-ins and boycotts resumed for several months on march 7 1961 a group of black elders including king notified student leaders that a deal had been reached the city's lunch counters would desegregate in fall 1961 in conjunction with the court-mandated desegregation of schools many students were disappointed at the compromise in a large meeting on march 10 at warren memorial methodist church the audience was hostile and frustrated king then gave an impassioned speech calling participants to resist the "cancerous disease of disunity" helping to calm tensions