Freedman, Russell.

Freedom walkers : the story of the Montgomery bus boycott / Russell Freedman. - 1st ed. - New York : Holiday House, c2006. - xi, 114 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.

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

A Junior Library Guild selection.

9780823421954 $18.95 9780823420315

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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.


Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.)--Biography--Juvenile literature.

F334.M79 / N43 2006

323.1196/073076147