![]() A succinct civil rights time line and additional facts and suggested reading about the topic round out this account. Brian Pinkney’s sinuous watercolor and ink art conveys the solidity and determination of the activists as well as a building energy that grew out of their act of civil disobedience. ![]() ![]() Featuring men and women who have worked passionately to pioneer peaceful solutions to violent conflicts throughout history. The next book in our six-in-one, full-color bio series will focus on Peace Warriors. appear in large, blocky text, emphasizing his influence on the actions of this quartet as well as those who followed their lead, staging sit-ins across the South. 14 reviews Meet six heroic social activists.Brief quotations by Martin Luther King Jr. Unfortunately, this device is more trite than moving (“Their order was simple: A double dose of peace, with nonviolence on the side”) and, at times, can come across as glib. The narrative incorporates a steady stream of food metaphors, noting that the students ignored the law’s “recipe” for segregation (“a bitter mix”) replacing it the “new brew” of integration. ![]() ) recreates the renowned 1960 sit-in staged by four black college students at a Greensboro “whites only” lunch counter. Andrea Davis Pinkney is the author of numerous books for children and young adults, including picture books, novels, works of historical fiction and nonfiction who writes about African-American culture. The latest collaboration by this husband-and-wife team (the Caldecott Honor book Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra ![]()
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