SIT-IN How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

SIT-IN How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
Written By: Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by: Brian Pinkney
Little Brown and Company, 2010
40 Pages
Nonfiction

                "We must... Meet hate with love." Those were the six words by Dr. Martian Luther King Jr. that got them started.  Four men all looking for the same thing... An end to segregation. They set in a "white only" restaurant called Woolsworth. To find out more about their courage read SIT-IN How Four Friends Stood Up by Siting Down!
                Brain Pinkney does a great job at embracing a new artistic style creating expressive illustrations filled with such raw emotions. Emotions that capture the strength, hope, and imagination of these for men and so many others. These illustrations are so expressive that you actually feel like you are experiencing the story as it is told.
                I would use this book as a history lesson. First, I would have the students do research on segregation. Then I would have them reenact this story so that they can see how harsh segregation used to be.  Next, I would have my students write their own story about segregation and what it means to them.  Then I would allow them to draw a picture with it to express their feelings in a different way.