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The Walking city : the Montgomery bus boycott, 1955-1956 / edited with a preface by David J. Garrow ; introduction by J. Mills Thornton, III.

Other author/creatorGarrow, David J., 1953-
Other author/creatorThornton, J. Mills, 1943-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoBrooklyn, N.Y. : Carlson Pub., 1989.
Descriptionxxiv, 636 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement ; 7
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement ; 7. ^A253929
Contents First among equals : the Montgomery Bus Boycott / J. Mills Thornton, III -- The walking city : a history of the Montgomery Bus Boycott / Norman W. Walton -- Alabama's bus boycott / Thomas R. Thrasher -- The bus boycott in Montgomery / L.D. Reddick -- The Montgomery bus protest asa social movement / Preston Valien -- The natural history of a social movement : the Montgomery Improvement Association / Ralph D. Abernathy-- The beginnings of a new age / Edgar N. French -- The Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-56 / Thomas J. Gilliam -- From Harlem to Montgomery :the bus boycotts and leadership of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and Martin Luther King, Jr. / Dominic J. Capeci, Jr. -- Challenge and response in the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-1956 / J. Mills Thorton, III.
Contents The Montgomery Bus Boycott : a case study in the emergence and career of a social movement / Steven M. Millner -- The origins of the Montgomery Bus Boycott / David J. Garrow.
General noteSubtitle: Montgomery bus boycott, 1955-1956.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographies and index.
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy gift of Gene and Susan Roberts, 2016.
LCCN 89009869
ISBN0926019031 (acid-free) :

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Joyner General Stacks F334.M79 N48 1989 ✔ Available Place Hold
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