The Greensboro lunch counter : what an artifact can tell us about the Civil Rights Movement
Publication Information
North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint, [2022]
Physical Description
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 cm.
Audience
Grades. 4-6. Capstone Press.
Summary
"On February 1, 1960, four young black men sat down at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and staged a nonviolent protest against segregation. At that time, many restaurants in the South did not serve black people. Soon, thousands of students were staging sit-ins in 55 states, and within six months, the lunch counter at which they'd first protested was integrated. How did a lunch counter become a symbol of civil rights? Readers will find out the answer to this question and what an artifact can tell us about U.S. civil rights history"--
Contents
- Taking a stand
- Who, what, why, and where?
- Taking action
- A movement is born
- Spurring change
- Honoring and preserving history
- The Greensboro Four.
Subjects
- Greensboro Sit-ins, Greensboro, N.C., 1960 > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Civil rights > North Carolina > Greensboro > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights movements > North Carolina > Greensboro > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Segregation > North Carolina > Greensboro > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
- Greensboro (N.C.) > Race relations > Juvenile literature.