
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins
Young Connie can't sit at the Woolworth's lunch counter, then watches her older siblings join the Greensboro sit ins. A child's eye view of a turning point in history.
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Young Connie can't sit at the Woolworth's lunch counter, then watches her older siblings join the Greensboro sit ins. A child's eye view of a turning point in history.

Harriet Tubman's escape and her work leading others to freedom are told through her faith and courage. A stunning Caldecott Honor book.

This powerful book tells the history of Tulsa's thriving Greenwood district and its destruction in 1921. Honest and important for older kids.

Poems trace Fannie Lou Hamer's life from sharecropping to fighting for the right to vote. A powerful Caldecott Honor biography for older readers.