Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-09-26

Negro citizens Of Montgomery
Ala. In successful bus boycott
that eliminated IN Supreme
Court decision outlawtng ssgrega.
ton on the transit system u that
city.
Nov with a facile pen be has
written a moving, slspensefui ac-
count Of the struggle in a 224.
page book titled STRIDE Toward
Freedom" which has just been
published.
New Approach
The young minister Is the Rev
Martin Luther King Jr. pastor OF
Dexter Avenue Baptist church
Montgomery. Only 30, he brings
new approach 70 ths Negroes
fight for equality And he has,
through his brilliant leadership Of
the boycott. made the Negro aware
Of the power Of combining Chris
,ian love with militant action in
pursuit Of his rtEhta
King was stabbed Saturday In
Harlem department store by
deranKod woman and remains crit
ical in Harlem hospital
| However. stride Toward Free
dom" il not eentsred on Martin
Luther King II is rather the story
u a courageous group OF citizens
who, as King declared. had had
enough % racial indignites II
is the story Of an oppressed peo-
pie who took a giant step toward
/ freedom and are stiil moving King
| provided the leadership that spur
red them "a action
Arrest Touched orr Boycott
IN the book. illustrated by sew
eral photographs Of boycott scenes
the handsome young minister tells
how the arrest of Mrs Rosa Parks,
an attractive aeamstress who re-
fused to give up her seat ON q
Montgomery bus 10 white man,
touched of the boacott lie also
relates the many sacrifices and
| horrifying experiences
The boycott, which began Dec.
8. 1855 and ended after the su-
preme Court outlawed aggregation
ON the buses Nov 10. 1858, de-
manded three things "a Cour-
teous treatment of Negro paaseu.
gers ca, seating passengers on
Ia firat.coFnc. nrst-serve basis.
with Negroes seating from back
toward the front, and co, employ
meut 81 Negro bus operators on
| predominhntiy Negro routes
Opposition BalkS
The white aprozltlol rejected
these comparative modest de-
mauda, bat IN the end had 10 ac-
espt Indignation q the buses
The boycott itselt was master.
lri in it's execut n. Even me op
posing White Citizens council had
to admit that Il moved with mil
itafy precision Among other
things Il featured a earpool with
is Dispatch and ~ pickup sta
| tons MANY however. chose 20
walk Lake tue old lady who. when
urged 70 ride. refused, saying
Perm vyalkJng Tor myget tor ms
children and grandchildren
Peilcy o. Non Violence
| Throughout the campaign King
/ urged his followers to conduct the
/ boycott on hEuucd level and
without violence the book recalls
When the history books are writ.
ten he nold them igt historians
( say There lived a great people
/ q black people who injected new
| meaning into the veins Of otvlHxa.
| uoh
on the other hand the boycott
| tegs were treated with anything
b,gt Kindness King and several Of
shis co workers were arrested mug
| Ecd and thrown In jalls Their
homes were bombed, and patrons
laf ,He car poel were hrassesi
~ the police
The book closes with an appeal
hy the author fpr positive leader
ship both en- the national and b.
cal level % ~ the nation q faciaI
hatred and bigotry
Negroes ard whites must bs
made 10 sse that their eommor
goal lies in justieo Cor an KRIS
advises
From readers standpoint
there isn't auu rage in ths
book
Morally. "Siyide& Toward FNeee-
dorm should sheek the eonscseueg
~ the Nation But above au. Il
Re- vivid rrnof that the hattie tor
equality and human rights viii -
ven by meu vito are pFrparv5 %
work ard sacrifice ard seeS cut
ithe snsyvcy be tie prohlsa
A POTENTIAL REST SELLER.
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