Freedman, Russell.

Freedom walkers : the story of the Montgomery bus boycott / Russell Freedman. - 1st ed. - New York : Holiday House, c2006. - xi, 114 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-110) and index.

Map -- Montgomery, Alabama, 1955-1956 -- Introduction: Why they walked -- Jo Ann Robinson -- Claudette Colvin -- Rosa Parks -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Boycott heroes -- Proud to be arrested -- Walking to victory -- Children are coming on -- Chapter notes -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Covers the events surrounding and including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the end of segregation on buses.

A Junior Library Guild selection.

ISBN: 0823420310 (hardcover) :

Standard No.: 9780823420315

LCCN: 2006041148

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Alabama--Montgomery--20th century.
African Americans--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography.
Civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography.
Segregation in transportation--History--Alabama--Montgomery--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--Alabama--Montgomery--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations.
Montgomery (Ala.)--Biography.

Dewey Class. No.: 323.1196/076/073071624