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Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

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By Andrea Davis Pinkney
Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
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It was February 1, 1960. They didnt need menus. Their order was simple. A doughnut and coffee, with cream on the side. This picture book is a celebration of the 50thanniversary of the momentous Woolworths lunch counter sitin, 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. Andrea Davis Pinkney uses poetic, powerful prose to tell the story of these four young men, who followed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s words of peaceful protest and dared to sit at the whites only Woolworths lunch counter. Brian Pinkney embraces a new artistic style, creating expressive paintings filled with emotion that mirror the hope, strength, and determination that fueled the dreams of not only these four young men, but also countless others.

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1204 words1,204 words
40 pages40 pages
Lexile AD600LLexile AD600L
Grade K to 3Grade K to 3
Age 5-8Age 5-8
Published 2010Published 2010

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Book ISBN:

9780316070164

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