Lunch at the five and ten,: The Greensboro sit-ins: a contemporary history - Softcover

Wolff, Miles

9780812812794: Lunch at the five and ten,: The Greensboro sit-ins: a contemporary history

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812812794 ISBN 13: 9780812812794

Publisher: Stein and Day, 1970

A detailed account of the sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, which ignited the civil rights movement in the United States.

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About the Author:

Miles Wolff, the son of a newspaperman, is president of the Durham Bulls Baseball Club and publisher of Baseball America. August Meiers, University Professor at Kent State University, is the distinguished historian of race relations in America and author of many important books in the field.

Review:

A remarkable account...reads like a novel. Wolff has recaptured these days with a sense of their drama, with deft characterizations of the principals, and with a sure feeling for the mood...An extraordinary accomplishment. (Edwin M. Yoder Book World)

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