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.
9780823420315
2006041148
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.