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Greensboro
Sit-Ins: Launch of a Civil Rights Movement
Walker’s
poem "Sit-ins" pays tribute to four
African American men who sat at a "whites-only"
lunch counter at a Woolworth’s store in Greensboro,
North Carolina, during the days of racial segregation.
Read the account of these young men given here,
then imagine you are a newspaper reporter covering
the event. Write an article for your paper, telling
what it felt like to be there, how the public
responded, and what the sit-in meant to the people
involved.
Margaret
Walker—Sorrow Home
Visit
this site to hear an audio version of "Sorrow
Home." Then, in the Web
Links Activity Log, record your answers to
the following questions: How is hearing the poem
different from reading it? What did you imagine
as you heard or read the poem? What are some of
the metaphors Walker uses to describe herself?
Which of those metaphors is most memorable to
you and why?
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