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Freedom on the menu : the Greensboro sit-ins by Carole Boston Weatherford; paintings by Jerome Lagarrigue is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><p>when Four Courageous Black Teens Sat Down At A Lunch Counter In The Segregated South Of 1960, The Reverberations Were Felt Both Far Beyond And Close To Home. This Insightful Story Offers A Child's-eye View Of This Seminal Event In The American Civil Rights Movement. Connie Is Used To The Signs And Customs That Have Let Her Drink Only From Certain Water Fountains And Which Bar Her From Local Pools And Some Stores, But Still . . . She'd Love To Sit At The Lunch Counter, Just Like She's Seen Other Girls Do. <br> Showing How An Ordinary Family Becomes Involved In The Great And Personal Cause Of Their Times, It's A Tale That Invites Everyone To Celebrate Our Country's Everyday Heroes, Of All Ages.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>weatherford (remember The Bridge) Offers A Fresh And Affecting Interpretation Of A Pivotal Event In The Civil Rights Movement. In 1960, Four Young Black Men Sat Down At A Segregated Greensboro, N.c., Woolworth Lunch Counter And Asked To Be Served, Sparking A Seven-month Long Protest In That City And Inspiring Sit-ins Throughout The South. As A Prelude, Narrator Connie Explains That She And Her Mother Would Often Stop For A Snack At The Five-and-dime Store,

Who reads Freedom on the menu : the Greensboro sit-ins?

Author

Carole Boston Weatherford; paintings by Jerome Lagarrigue

Publisher

New York, NY: Dial Books for Young Readers

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780142408940

Category

children's

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.34 / 5 (578 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13