Freedom of the Menu

Freedom of the Menu

By Elizabeth Kennedy
Free Choice

This is a historical fiction story about the Greensboro, North Carolina sit-ins in 1960 from the point of view of an African American girl. It tells the story of the four young black men that were being refused service from Woolworths because of segregation.

This would be a great book to help talk about segregation and the different ways people protested to end segregation. This would be another great book to use with point of view. We see the young African American girl's point of view, but we could ask the students what they think the White man who owned the store's point of view was, etc.