The Greensboro Lunch Counter: What an Artifact Can Tell Us about the Civil Rights Movement

By Shawn Pryor and Pryor

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496695801
• ISBN13: 9781496695802
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Capstone Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6