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Freedman, Russell,

Freedom walkers : the story of the Montgomery bus boycott / Russell Freedman. - first edition. - New York : Holiday House, (c)2006. - xi, 114 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.



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.

Covers the events surrounding and including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the end of segregation on buses.



A Junior Library Guild selection.

ISBN: 9780823420315

LCCN: 2006041148

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Alabama--Montgomery--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Segregation in transportation--History--Alabama--Montgomery--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements--History--Alabama--Montgomery--20th century--Juvenile literature.

LC Class. No.: F334 / .F744 2006 F334