This beautifully illustrated book details the famous sitin at the greensboro, nc woolworths counter in 1960. To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed the entire object, paste this html in website to link to this page. I began to think about the sitins as an intriguing topic for a legal historian in my third year of law school. The sitins at woolworths, 1960 greensboro library, nc. Ourstory is a series of modules designed by the smithsonians national museum of american history to help children and adults enjoy exploring history.
In response to the governors stayathome order, library facilities are closed to the public. The greensboro sitins, carole boston weatherfords poignant picture book on the greensboro lunch counter. After reading the book to the students, engage them in class discussion. Before the sitins began in greensboro, people in the city were already fighting to tear down white supremacist laws and practices in the southern state. This photograph of the woolworth sitins in greensboro appeared on the front page of the feb. This north carolina store preserves a historic moment in americas movement for racial equality.
Somebody wanted but so then, character setting problem and solution, and beginning middle end. The greensboro sitins paperback december 27, 2007 by carole boston weatherford author. Woolworth company department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the southern united states. It reminded me of the picture book, the day when gogo went to vote. The greensboro sitins this is a book companion pack for the book. Schmidt offers a new account of the crucial civil rights protest inspired by the first sitin by four college students in greensboro, north carolina, in 1960. The sitins made headlines in other cities as well, as the demonstrations spread throughout the southern states. In my future classroom, i would use this book for a civil rights movement week where i could teach the students about that movement, and how these people made a difference in. The greensboro sitins carole boston weatherford, author, jerome lagarrigue, illustrator, illus.
Its website includes all the information you need to plan a visit. Historical fiction in an upper elementary picture book about the greensboro sitins. By directly challenging segregation in highly visible places, activists grabbed the. The white waitress pointed to the other side of the counter, where there was no seating. The greensboro sitin begins zinn education project. Students sit for civil rights is an ourstory module that includes activities based on reading freedom on the memu, a work of childrens literature about the greensboro sitins that played an important role during the civil rights movement.
Greensboro sitin, act of nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter in greensboro, north carolina, that began on february 1, 1960. How four friends stood up by sitting down jane addams. This pdf has been formatted with the beeline reader tool. Foodrelated wordplay adds layers to the free verse, as in the lines about the protesters recipe for integration. As early as one week after the greensboro sitin had begun, students in other north carolina towns launched their own sitins. Sitins in greensboro negroes get food at the other end.
Directaction sitins made public what jim crow wanted to hideblack resistance to segregation. Explain that while the story is fiction, the greensboro sitins were real, so this book combines fiction and history. Ask them to explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction. Books on black history are on display at the entrance to smith library as well as the school of education resource center. The greensboro sitins written by carole boston weatherford and illustrated by jerome lagarrigue lagarrigue but when connie sees four young men take a stand for equal rights at a woolworths lunch counter in greensboro, north carolina, she realizes that things may soon change.
In 1960, four young black men sat down at a segregated greensboro. While sitins had been held elsewhere in the united states, the greensboro sitin catalyzed a wave of nonviolent protest against privatesector segregation. This book tells the story of what happened in greensboro. Freedom on the menu, by carole boston weatherford, is a historical fiction childrens book that tells the story of the greensboro sitins. The prose is moving, speckled with quotes that inspired the protesters and good detail. The sitins at a woolworths lunch counter in greensboro launched the passive resistance phase of the civil rights revolution. This book gave us a general idea of who the greensboro four were. Throughout the southern states, these lunch counters were either racially segregated or simply did not serve black customers. Technical state university sat at a whiteonly lunch counter inside a greensboro, north carolina woolworths store. Early elementary school, late elementary school genre. Leveled reading passages supporting freedom on the menu. When the woolworth sitin began, the greensboro newspaper published daily articles on the growth and impact of the demonstration. This book, featuring a young girl whose socially active brother and sister participated in the sitins, signed people up to vote, and got arrested for their troubles, takes a good look at the greensboro sitins.
This website had very many aspects about the greensboro sit in, and it provided us with helpful primary sources, and. The greensboro sitins inspired a mass movement across the south. The greensboro sitins were a series of nonviolent protests in february to july 1960, primarily in the woolworth store, now the international civil rights center and museum, in greensboro, north carolina, which led to the f. All programs, events and meeting room bookings are canceled until further notice.
Organizers agreed to spread the sitin protests to include the lunch counter at greensboros kress store. By april 1960, 70 southern cities had sitins of their own. So why a book on the 1960 student lunch counter sitins. The greensboro sitins facts in the era before walmart, many five and dime stores in america had lunch counters that served basic deli and cafeteria style food. The greensboro sitins written by carole boston weatherford and illustrated by jerome lagarrigue lagarrigue there were signs all throughout town telling eightyearold connie where she could and could not go. The greensboro sitin protests, explained teen kids news. Deena hayesgreene, chair of the board of directors of the international civil rights center and museum, visits the woolworths counter that sparked the greensboro sitins in 1960. The greensboro sitins from the worlds largest community of readers. This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous woolworths lunch counter sitin, when four college students staged a peaceful. A detailed account of the sitin at a woolworths lunch counter in greensboro, north carolina, in 1960, which ignited the civil rights movement in the united states.
Discover site of the woolworth lunch counter sitin in greensboro, north carolina. The greensboro sitins, carole boston weatherfords poignant picture book on the greensboro lunch counter sitins that began on february 1, 1960. Add or remove collections home civil rights greensboro page 1 reference url share. Focusing on the legal issues and constitutional challenges posed by the sitin movement, the book is a valuable and accessible tool for students and. Book on sitins is a most compelling read freedom forum institute. We need more of these books told for the younger set. The greensboro sitins took place in a downtown woolworths store and that building is now the international civil rights center and museum.
In 1960, like many establishments across the south, woolworths department store in greensboro accepted money from black customers but expected them to leave the storethe seats were for. We also have the following titles about the greensboro sitins. Demonstrations spread to towns near greensboro, including winstonsalem, durham, raleigh, and charlotte. The greensboro sitins by carole boston weatherford based on the childrens book by carole boston weatherford, illustrated by jerome lagariggue dial press, 2005 characters note distinguishing costumes andor props narrator connie 8 years old hair ribbon, paintbrush and miniature flag daddy newspaper. The greensboro sitin was a critical turning point in black history and american history, bringing the fight for civil rights to the national stage. To see an interactive version of this reading passage or a nonformatted pdf, see the. Graced by the art of awardwinning illustrator jerome lagarrique, the story is told from the point of view of a fictitious young girl who sees these events through the actions of her older brother and. As a picture book ought to be, it is both easily understood and deep enough for older readers. Its website includes all the information you need to plan a visit also, explore the greensboro sitins in the north carolina collection of the greensboro library, housed at the central library, 219 n. The greensboro sit ins were a series of nonviolent protests in february to july 1960, primarily in the woolworth store, now the international civil rights center and museum, in greensboro, north carolina, which led to the f. This set of leveled reading passages can be used to supplement the book freedom on the menu.
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