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Freedman, Russell,
1929-2018.
Freedom walkers :
the story of the Montgomery bus boycott /
Russell Freedman.
First edition.
New York :
Holiday House,
2006-2008.
xi, 114 pages :
illustrations, map ;
25 cm.
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Shelved in Juvenile Non-fiction - History, United States.
Compliments of the National Endowment for the Humanities 2008 We the People Bookshelf grant.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-110) and index.
Map -- Montgomery, Alabama, 1955-1956 -- Introduction: Why they walked -- Jo Ann Robinson -- Claudette Colvin -- Rosa Parks -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Boycott heroes -- Proud to be arrested -- Walking to victory -- Children are coming on -- Chapter notes -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Freedman breathes life into the key personalities and events that contributed to the yearlong civil rights struggle known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Photos.
1110L
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20080415.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956
Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements
History
20th century
Juvenile literature.
African Americans
History
20th century
Juvenile literature.
African Americans
Biography
Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers
Biography
Juvenile literature.
Segregation in transportation
History
20th century
Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala)
Race relations
Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
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