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March 2010—Volume IX, Issue 2
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The early months of 1960 were an important time in the struggle for civil rights. Black Current honors the 50th anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-Ins, where four students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College staged a peaceful protest at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. Although they were refused service, they were allowed to stay at the counter. Day by day, other non-violent demonstrators joined the sit-in.
The event triggered many similar nonviolent protests throughout the South. Six months later, the original four protesters were served lunch at the same Woolworth's counter. Student sit-ins would become effective throughout the Deep South in integrating parks, swimming pools, theaters, libraries, and other public facilities.
Looking Back on History
From the author of Wizard of the Crow--a world-renowned novelist, playwright, and critic nominated for the 2009 Man Booker International Prize--comes a delightful memoir of childhood during colonialism and war in Kenya. Dreams in a Time of War speaks to the human right to dream even in the worst of times. It abounds in delicate and powerful subtleties and complexities that are movingly told.
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