Thereweresignsallthroughouttowntellingeight-year-oldConniewhereshecouldandcouldnotgo.ButwhenConnieseesfouryoungmentakeastandforequalrightsataWoolworth’slunchcounterinGreensboro,NorthCarolina,sherealizesthatthingsmaysoonchange.Thiseventsparksamovementthroughouthertownandregion.AndwhileConnieistooyoungtomarchorgiveaspeech,shehelpsherbrotherandsistermakesignsforthecause.ChangesarecomingtoConnie’stown,butConniejustwantstositatthelunchcounterandeatabananasplitlikeeveryoneelse.