Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood up by Sitting Down

It was February 1, 1960. They didn't need menus. Their order was simple. A doughnut and coffee, with cream on the side.

Courageously defying the WHITES ONLY edict of the era, four young black men took a stand against the injustice of segregation in America by sitting down at the lunch counter of a Woolworth's department store. Countless others of all races soon joined the cause following Martin Luther King Jr.'s powerful words of peaceful protest. By sitting down together, they stood up for civil rights and created the perfect recipe for integration not only at the Woolworth's counter, but on buses and and in communities throughout the South.

Poetic storytelling and exuberant illustrations combine to celebrate a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality.

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[rugregory1]

PLEASE FIX THIS VIDEO OR REDO IT ALTOGETHER!!!! OTHERWISE TAKE IT OFF YOUTUBE!! HALF THE INTERVIEW IS CHOPPED UP AND YOU CAN'T HEAR IT IN FULL!!!

[peninawf]

PLEASE fix the quality of this video - it has the potential to reach and teach so many young people, but it's useless at present.

[Streamline09]

HergerSeamus, it's not your computer. The video needs to be corrected by BookVideosTV. It's an important book and interview that deserves a better presentation.

[HergerSeamus]

the video is of poor quality. either that or my computer is messing up..