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It Was Like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest and Politics (Updated Edition) by Francesca Polletta Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-226-67376-6 / 0226673766 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-67376-9 / 9780226673769 Activists and politicians have long recognized the power of a good story to move people to action. In early 1960 four black college students sat down at a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to leave. Within a month sit-ins spread to thirty cities in seven states. St |