Freedom on the Menu
by Carole Boston Weatherford, Jerome Lagarrigue Lagarrigue
After four courageous black teens sat down at a lunch counter in the segregated South of 1960, the reverberations were felt both far beyond and close to home. This insightful story offers a child's-eye view of this seminal event in the American Civil Rights Movement. Full color.
Hardcover
English
Brand New
Publisher Description
There were signs all throughout town telling eight-year-old Connie where she could and could not go. But when Connie sees four young men take a stand for equal rights at a Woolworthas lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, she realizes that things may soon change. This event sparks a movement throughout her town and region. And while Connie is too young to march or give a speech, she helps her brother and sister make signs for the cause. Changes are coming to Connieas town, but Connie just wants to sit at the lunch counter and eat a banana split like everyone else.
Author Biography
Carole Boston Weatherford is the author of many books for children, including Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, which was a Caldecott Honor book, and Becoming Billie Holiday, illustrated by Floyd Cooper, a 2009 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book. Carole makes her home in North Carolina.
Review
Simple and straightforward, the first-person narrative relates events within the context of one close-knit family. (Booklist)
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Simple and straightforward, the first-person narrative relates events within the context of one close-knit family. (Booklist)
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