num_pages: 112
description: On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus and give up her seat to a white man. This refusal to give up her dignity sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, a yearlong struggle, and a major victory in the civil rights movement. Source notes, map, bibliography, index.
language: English
title: Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
titlecomplete: Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
genres: Historical, History, Cultural, Childrens, American History, African American, Middle Grade, School, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1237
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award
category: Older Children, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Once Upon A World Children’s Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Holiday House