Hold Fast to Dreams by Andrea Davis Pinkney

This big, eye-catching 12X9 book offers everything for the Civil Rights historian. Husband Brian compliments it by delivering mesmerizing illustrations that help 'make' the book, yet can just as easily stand on their own. Andrea Pinkney re-tells this important story in a way that is easily understood and accepted by readers of all ages. Pinkney and Pinkney make a wonderful story-telling team. Word of their crusade spreads, and soon protesters from Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia take up the worthy cause. But the four do not fight back they tackle discrimination with love, not hate. Then one day there is violence white patrons throw pepper in their eyes, and milkshakes over their heads. Daily they are denied, and daily they return with but one request: a donut and coffee, with cream on the side. Ignored at first, they quickly risk being arrested.even though they do nothing more than sit quietly at the counter and ask for to be served. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s philosophy of peace, the 'Greensboro Four' tackle harsh discrimination with love, not hate. Penned by Andrea Davis Pinkney, and illustrated by husband Brian Pinkney, it chronicles the story of David, Joseph, Franklin and Ezell-four friends who risk their lives and safety in a quest for equal treatment. Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down, is a moving book.

That was the day four courageous African American friends decided to do the unthinkable.to sit at that counter and order a donut and coffee, with cream on the side.

The year was 1960 the place was a whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina. Reader reviewed by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, The Original H.I.R.

Hold Fast to Dreams by Andrea Davis Pinkney