Greensboro Lunch Counter, The (22)
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, most lunch counters in the South did not serve Black people. Soon, thousands of students were staging sit-ins across the South.
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SeriesArtifacts from the American Past
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ManufacturerCapstone (Capstone Press, Cantata Learning, Compass Point, Heinemann-Raintree, Picture Window & Stone Arch)
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PublisherCapstone Press
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Publisher or imprintCapstone Press
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AuthorPryor, Shawn
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ISBN-139781496695802
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FormatHardcover
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Size7 x 9
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Reading Interest3,4,5
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# of Pages48
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Date Published2022
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, most lunch counters in the South did not serve Black people. Soon, thousands of students were staging sit-ins across the South. In just six months, the Greensboro Woolworth's lunch counter was integrated. How did it become a symbol of civil rights? Find out the answer to this question and more about what an artifact can tell us about history.