Stride Toward Freedom

Stride Toward Freedom
Author: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Publisher: Beacon Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0807000701

MLK’s classic account of the first successful large-scale act of nonviolent resistance in America: the Montgomery bus boycott. A young Dr. King wrote Stride Toward Freedom just 2 years after the successful completion of the boycott. In his memoir about the event, he tells the stories that informed his radical political thinking before, during, and after the boycott—from first witnessing economic injustice as a teenager and watching his parents experience discrimination to his decision to begin working with the NAACP. Throughout, he demonstrates how activism and leadership can come from any experience at any age. Comprehensive and intimate, Stride Toward Freedom emphasizes the collective nature of the movement and includes King’s experiences learning from other activists working on the boycott, including Mrs. Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin. It traces the phenomenal journey of a community and shows how the 28-year-old Dr. King, with his conviction for equality and nonviolence, helped transform the nation and the world. This book was published with two different covers. Customers will be shipped one of them at random.

Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story

Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story
Author: Alfred Hassler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: African Americans
ISBN: 9781603093330

"Now Top Shelf has teamed up with the Fellowship of Reconciliation to produce the first ever fully-authorized . . . edition[s] of this historic comic book, as a companion to the bestselling graphic novel March: Book One."--Publisher's website.

They Walked to Freedom

They Walked to Freedom
Author: Kenneth M. Hare
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2005
Genre: African American civil rights workers
ISBN: 1596700106

This book features interviews with participants, dozens of photographs from the time, and key historical documents, chronicling the Montgomery Bus Boycott that set the stage for the modern Civil Rights Era.

She Would Not be Moved

She Would Not be Moved
Author: Herbert R. Kohl
Publisher: The New Press
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1595581278

Evaluates the ways in which the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott is misrepresented to children.

Story of Montgomery

Story of Montgomery
Author: Ann Welton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2003-11
Genre: Montgomery (Wales)
ISBN: 9781904396093

Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Author: Dee Romito
Publisher: little bee books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-11-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781499807202

This stunning picture book looks into the life of Georgia Gilmore, a hidden figure of history who played a critical role in the civil rights movement and used her passion for baking to help the Montgomery Bus Boycott achieve its goal. Georgia decided to help the best way she knew how. She worked together with a group of women and together they purchased the supplies they needed-bread, lettuce, and chickens. And off they went to cook. The women brought food to the mass meetings that followed at the church. They sold sandwiches. They sold dinners in their neighborhoods. As the boycotters walked and walked, Georgia cooked and cooked. Georgia Gilmore was a cook at the National Lunch Company in Montgomery, Alabama. When the bus boycotts broke out in Montgomery after Rosa Parks was arrested, Georgia knew just what to do. She organized a group of women who cooked and baked to fund-raise for gas and cars to help sustain the boycott. Called the Club from Nowhere, Georgia was the only person who knew who baked and bought the food, and she said the money came from "nowhere" to anyone who asked. When Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for his role in the boycott, Georgia testified on his behalf, and her home became a meeting place for civil rights leaders. This picture book highlights a hidden figure of the civil rights movement who fueled the bus boycotts and demonstrated that one person can make a real change in her community and beyond. It also includes one of her delicious recipes for kids to try with the help of their parents!

Sweet Justice

Sweet Justice
Author: Mara Rockliff
Publisher: Random House Studio
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2022-01-11
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1524720666

An inspiring picture-book biography about the woman whose cooking helped feed and fund the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956, from an award-winning illustrator. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY New York Public Library • Chicago Public Library Georgia Gilmore was cooking when she heard the news Mrs. Rosa Parks had been arrested--pulled off a city bus and thrown in jail all because she wouldn't let a white man take her seat. To protest, the radio urged everyone to stay off city buses for one day: December 5, 1955. Throughout the boycott--at Holt Street Baptist Church meetings led by a young minister named Martin Luther King, Jr.--and throughout the struggle for justice, Georgia served up her mouth-watering fried chicken, her spicy collard greens, and her sweet potato pie, eventually selling them to raise money to help the cause. Here is the vibrant true story of a hidden figure of the civil rights movement, told in flavorful language by a picture-book master, and stunningly illustrated by a Caldecott Honor recipient and seven-time Coretta Scott King award-winning artist.

The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Author: R. Conrad Stein
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1986
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780516446974

Traces the events in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott which began in December, 1955, and changed the course of the civil rights movement.

Who Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?: Rosa Parks

Who Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?: Rosa Parks
Author: Insha Fitzpatrick
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2022-01-11
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0593385233

Discover the story behind Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott in this compelling graphic novel -- written by Oh My Gods! author Insha Fitzpatrick and illustrated by #DrawingWhileBlack organizer Abelle Hayford. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting addition to the #1 New York Times best-selling Who Was? series! From refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger to sparking civil rights protests across America, explore how Rosa Parks's powerful act earned her the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." A story of resistance, strength, and unwavering spirit, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the life of the American Civil Rights leader -- brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page.