Not Welcome to Eat Here
Grades: 5 - 12

Sister Mary Antona Ebo shares what it was like to not be able to eat at a local restaurant due to the color of her skin.


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    Discussion Questions:

  • Have learners view this segment and place themselves in Sister Mary Antona Ebo’s situation and talk about how they would feel and react. Do the students feel the country has successfully eliminated the application of Jim Crow laws? How is the incident Sister Ebo describes similar to, and different from, lunch counter protests that were an integral part of the Civil Rights movement in the south?
    Activity Ideas:

  • Have students role play the event taking on the role of each person involved in the story–the Woolworth employee, the friend, and Sister Ebo. What is their reaction to being each of the different people? What do they find challenging, uncomfortable, comfortable?
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