FREEDOM ON THE MENU
By: Carole B. Weatherford
There were signs all throughout town telling eight-year-old
Connie where she could and could not go. But when Connie sees four young men
take a stand for equal rights at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro,
North Carolina, she realizes that things may soon change. This event sparks a
movement throughout her town and region. And while Connie is too young to march
or give a speech, she helps her brother and sister make signs for the cause.
Changes are coming to Connie's town, but Connie just wants to sit at the lunch
counter and eat a banana split like everyone else.
Connie where she could and could not go. But when Connie sees four young men
take a stand for equal rights at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro,
North Carolina, she realizes that things may soon change. This event sparks a
movement throughout her town and region. And while Connie is too young to march
or give a speech, she helps her brother and sister make signs for the cause.
Changes are coming to Connie's town, but Connie just wants to sit at the lunch
counter and eat a banana split like everyone else.