Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
Chronicles the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott sparked by Mrs. Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat to a white man, describing the plans and problems of a nonviolent campaign, reprisals by the white community, and the eventual attainment of desegrated city bus service.
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- Harper San Francisco
- Year
- 1958
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Civil rights movementMontgomery bus boycottNonviolent resistance
Awards
- Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardWon(1959)
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