Lynda Blackmon Lowery's The Seeds Of Freedom

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This book talks about how four college male friends in 1960 decided to sit at a Woolworth’s counter where the restaurant refused to let African Americans order their food or serve them. The boys help start a peaceful sit in at Woolworth until finally, the sign changed from white’s only to all customers welcomed. This book fits into my theme because the boys show courage by just being silent and how this helped advanced their goal of getting rid of segregation. This book is a biography.
Seeds of Freedom is about how one city in the middle of segregation during the sixties decided to integrate peacefully. The citizens of Huntsville, Alabama take a different more peaceful approach to getting rid of segregation. This book fits into my theme because
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Lynda shows her courage and her persistent throughout her book. She is jailed eleven times by the age fifteen, but continues to fight for equal rights for African Americans. This book fits into my topic because Lynda is courageous by not giving up fighting for what she believes is right. Lynda even goes to jail and still continues to march. This book would be considered an autobiography.
Panem is a futuristic country that replaces America. The Capitol runs the twelve districts where they instill cruel punishments to the districts children to show them that they are in charge. Katniss displays courage because she defiles the rules of the games by allowing Peeta to live. This connects to my other books because she displays courage as a trait because she stands up for what she believes in even if that means she has to defy the law.
Katniss and some former tribute winners decide to stop the Capital from continuing The Hunger Games. Katniss and the tributes are courageous because they devise a plan to stop the unlawful Capitol in their games. This connects to my book because Katniss is relentless in fighting for what she believes is right and this means stopping the Capitol no matter what to have the justice the districts

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