The Montgomery bus boycott
By: Frank Walsh.
Series: Landmark events in American history
Publisher: World Almanac Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Milwaukee, WI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.; Segregation in transportation -- History.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.; Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.; Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Describes how the black community of Montgomery, Alabama, staged the 1955 boycott to end segregation on public buses and discusses that struggle in the context of the Civil Rights Movement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
Table of contents: title: Slavery in America; title: Segregation and racism; title: The spark; title: The boycott; title: The Civil Rights Movement.