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Lunch counter sit-ins : how photographs helped foster peaceful civil rights protests  Cover Image Book Book

Lunch counter sit-ins : how photographs helped foster peaceful civil rights protests / by Danielle Smith-Llera ; Content Adviser : Patrick Jones, Associate Professor, Department of Hisory, Institute for Ethnic Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Smith-Llera, Danielle, 1971- (author.). Roberts, Bruce, 1930- (interviewee,, photographer.).

Summary:

"On point historical photographs combined with strong narration bring the saga of the Woolworth lunch counter sit-ins in the early 1960s to life. Readers will learn about the four brave college students who started it all, as well as the many who came after. These events changed the world. The photographer who took the photographs shown in this book is now in his 90s, but he agreed to an exclusive interview for this book."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780756558789
  • ISBN: 0756558786
  • ISBN: 9780756558802
  • ISBN: 0756558808
  • Physical Description: 64 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
  • Publisher: [North Mankato, Minnesota] : Compass Point Books a capstone imprint, [2019]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 63) and index.
Target Audience Note:
1070L Lexile
Grades 4-8.
Ages 10-12.
Subject: Greensboro Four (Greensboro, N.C.) > Juvenile literature.
F.W. Woolworth Company > History > Social aspects > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Civil rights > North Carolina > Greensboro > Juvenile literature.
Photography > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers > North Carolina > Greensboro > Juvenile literature.
Greensboro (N.C.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Greensboro (N.C.) > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > Pictorial works > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century > Pictorial works > Juvenile literature.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Allentown Public Library J 323.1196 SMIT (Text) 34455006603449 Juv Nonfiction Checked Out 05/10/2024


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