The Greensboro Lunch Counter: What an Artifact Can Tell Us about the Civil Rights Movement

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.

Publisher: Capstone Press
Published: 08/01/2021
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.13h x 7.24w x 0.39d
ISBN: 9781496695802
Age: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 512139 / Greensboro Lunch Counter: What an Artifact Can Tell Us about the Civil Rights Movement


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/2021 pg. 48
School Library Journal 11/01/2021 pg. 33

About the Author
Pryor, Shawn: - Shawn Pryor is the creator and co-author of the graphic novel mystery series Cash and Carrie, co-creator and author of the 2019 GLYPH-nominated football/drama series Force, and author of Kentucky Kaiju and Jake Maddox: Diamond Double Play. In his free time, he enjoys reading, cooking, listening to streaming music playlists, and talking about why Zack from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is the greatest superhero of all time.