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  Title

  Stride toward freedom : the Montgomery story [1st ed.].

  Author

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.  

  Publisher:

  Harper,

  Pub date:

  [1958]

  Pages:

  230 p. :

  Item info:

  2 copies available at New York State Library and Manuscripts and Special Collections.
  

  • Holdings			Change Display
    New York State Library
    	Copy	Material	Location
    323.1196 K521 212-2240	2	BOOK	C-STACKS
    Manuscripts and Special Collections
    	Copy	Material	Location
    323.1196 K521 212-2240	1	BOOK	N (nocirc)

• MARC Record

  Stride toward freedom : the Montgomery story [1st ed.].
  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
  

  Control number:

  ocm00485639

  Local control number:

  (OCoLC)485639 (OCoLC)3275890 (OCoLC)8163457 (OCoLC)28155344 (OCoLC)232551720

  Call number:

  323.1196 K521 212-2240

  Author:

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.

  Title:

  Stride toward freedom : the Montgomery story / Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Edition:

  [1st ed.].

  Imprint:

  New York : Harper, [1958]

  Physical description:

  230 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

  Note:

  Includes index.

  Contents:

  Return to the South -- Montgomery before the protest -- The decisive arrest -- The day of days, December 5 -- The movement gathers momentum -- Pilgrimage to nonviolence -- Methods of the opposition -- The violence of desperate men -- Desegregation at last -- Montgomery today -- Where do we go from here?

  Summary:

  This book chronicles the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott sparked by Mrs. Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat to a white male, describing the plans and problems of a nonviolent campaign, reprisals by the white community, and the eventual attainment of desegrated city bus service.

  Held by:

  NYSL MSC

  Subject:

  Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956.

  Subject:

  Segregation in transportation--Alabama--Montgomery--History--20th century.

  Subject:

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

  Subject:

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

  Subject:

  Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations.