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Sit-in : how four friends stood up by sitting down
- Title
- Sit-in : how four friends stood up by sitting down / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.
- Author
- Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Publication
- New York : Little, Brown and Company, ©2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc+ G 10-37 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations; 31 cm
- Summary
- "This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement."--Amazon.com.
- Subjects
- Civil rights movements
- African Americans > Civil rights
- Segregation
- Southern States
- African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century
- McNeil, Joseph (Joseph Alfred), 1942-
- African Americans > Segregation
- Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century
- Southern States > Race relations
- History
- Khazan, Jibreel, 1941-
- African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
- McNeil, Joseph (Joseph Alfred), 1942- > Juvenile literature
- Richmond, David Leinail, 1941-1990 > Juvenile literature
- Picture books
- African Americans > Segregation > Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
- Southern States > Race relations > Juvenile literature
- Greensboro Sit-ins, Greensboro, N.C., 1960 > Juvenile literature
- United States
- Black author
- Race relations
- Greensboro Sit-ins (North Carolina : 1960)
- 1900-1999
- McCain, Franklin, 1941-2014 > Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Segregation > United States > History > Juvenile literature
- Genre/Form
- Picture books.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Audience (note)
- 008-012.
- Awards (note)
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011
- Jane Addams Book Award Honors for Books for Older Children, 2011
- Call Number
- Sc+ G 10-37
- ISBN
- 9780316070164
- 0316070165
- LCCN
- 2009019470
- OCLC
- 324780994
- Author
- Pinkney, Andrea Davis, author.
- Title
- Sit-in : how four friends stood up by sitting down / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.
- Publisher
- New York : Little, Brown and Company, ©2010.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Audience
- 008-012.
- Awards
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011Jane Addams Book Award Honors for Books for Older Children, 2011
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Pinkney, J. Brian, illustrator.Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Sc+ G 10-37