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Pryor, Shawn

Summary: "On February 1, 1960, four young black men sat down at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and staged a nonviolent protest against segregation. At that time, many restaurants in the South did not serve black people. Soon, thousands of students were staging sit-ins across the South, and within six months, the lunch counter at which they'd first protested was integrated....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.6 PRY

Shetterly, Aran

Summary: "On November 3, 1979, as activist Nelson Johnson assembled people for a march adjacent to Morningside Homes in Greensboro, North Carolina, gunshots rang out. A caravan of Klansmen and Neo-Nazis sped from the scene, leaving behind five dead. Known as the "Greensboro Massacre," the event and its aftermath encapsulate the racial conflict, economic anxiety, clash of ideologies, and toxic mix of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 975.662 SHE

Weatherford, Carole Boston

Summary: The 1960 civil rights sit-ins at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, are seen through the eyes of a young Southern black girl.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WEA

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