The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Integrating Public Buses (Library of the Civil Rights Movement)

The time is the mid-1950s, and tension is rising in Montgomery, Alabama. Students will be excited and moved by the way Rosa Parks, other activists, and ministers (including Martin Luther King Jr.) embraced nonviolent resistance by boycotting buses. The history of this struggle, the victory for the civil rights movement, and the turmoil that ensued will interest and touch every young reader!