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The Greensboro lunch counter : what an artifact can tell us about the Civil Rights Movement / by Shawn Pryor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Artifacts from the American pastPublisher: North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781496695802
  • 1496695801
  • 9781496696847
  • 1496696840
Other title:
  • At head of title: Smithsonian
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Taking a stand -- Who, what, why, and where? -- Taking action -- A movement is born -- Spurring change -- Honoring and preserving history -- The Greensboro Four.
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 across the South, 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 323.0975 P973 Checked out 05/15/2024 33111011276447
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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, most lunch counters in the South did not serve Black people. Soon, thousands of students were staging sit-ins across the South. In just six months, the Greensboro Woolworth's lunch counter was integrated. How did it become a symbol of civil rights? Find out the answer to this question and more about what an artifact can tell us about history.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Taking a stand -- Who, what, why, and where? -- Taking action -- A movement is born -- Spurring change -- Honoring and preserving history -- The Greensboro Four.

"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 across the South, 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages. 8-11. Capstone Press.

Grades. 4-6. Capstone Press.

"RL: 4-5 ; IL: 3-5"--Back cover.

Accelerated Reader MG 6.1 1.0 Quiz No. 512139 EN Nonfiction

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