The Montgomery bus boycott

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Title:

The Montgomery bus boycott

Author:

Pierce, Alan, 1966-

Personal Author:

Pierce, Alan, 1966-

Publication Information:

Edina, Minn. : Abdo Pub., [2005]

Physical Description:

48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Series:

American moments

American moments.

Summary:

Presents an overview of the 1955 bus boycott and the protest of segregation and other racist policies in Montgomery, Alabama, and places it in the larger context of the civil rights movement of that era, describing activists Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and others. Includes glossary and time line.

General Note:

Includes index.

Language:

English

Contents:

Rosa Parks -- Jim Crow -- Shame of segregation -- Boycott begins -- Car pool -- King's devotion to peace -- "We are glad to have you" -- Civil Rights Act -- Timeline -- Fast facts -- Web sites -- Glossary -- Index.

Reading Level:

860 Lexile.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.3 1.0 86293.

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Juvenile literature.

African American civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century. -- Juvenile literature.

Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century. -- Juvenile literature.

Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery. -- Juvenile literature.