Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Book

Author:

Pinkney, Andrea Davis, author.

Title:

Sit-in : how four friends stood up by sitting down / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Summary:

"This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement."--Amazon.com.

Target Audience Note:

Ages 7-10.

Subjects:

Khazan, Jibreel, 1941-

McCain, Franklin, 1941-2014 -- Juvenile literature.

McNeil, Joseph (Joseph Alfred), 1942- -- Juvenile literature.

Richmond, David Leinail, 1941-1990 -- Juvenile literature.

Greensboro Sit-ins, Greensboro, N.C., 1960 -- Juvenile literature.

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

African Americans -- Segregation -- Juvenile literature.

Segregation -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.