Sit-In and Stand Out with Elizabeth Johnson-Rice

By Habibah Quddus

Brave people don't really know how brave they are until that one special moment asks them to show up and be more than they ever imagined. For Elizabeth Johnson-Rice, that day was February 22, 1960 when she decided to join a peaceful protest to SIT-IN and STAND OUT! This book, Sit in and Stand out with Elizabeth Johnson-Rice rhymes the reasons why she walked into Thalhimers Department store in Richmond, Virginia to sit down at a segregated lunch counter and let the world know she was one of the people who would not stand by and watch injustice happen without acting against it. Elizabeth was a young Virginia Union University student on a mission. She and many other protesters looked racism in the eye that day and made history, together as the Richmond 34. ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATORHabibah Quddus creates art that is full of emotional value. The vivid expression of the story has the ability to give a fun and moving trip into her imagination. In "Sit In and Stand Out", she is able to have the viewer see through the eyes and heart of a young Elizabeth Johnson-Rice and how she felt during her social activism actions in the civil rights era. The simple act of taking a seat and refusing to move is powerful. Young readers are receive a whimsical and artistic point-of-view into a subject that is not, usually, presented in this unique, colorful way.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 198039444X
• ISBN13: 9781980394440
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.2" x 8.0"