how Georgia Gilmore sustained the Montgomery bus boycott
Romito, Dee
2018
Shares the story of Georgia Gilmore who worked together with a group of women called the Club from Nowhere to supply food for civil rights workers, and to raise money for gas and cars during the bus boycotts in Montgomery, Alabama.
An illustrated biography of Rosa Parks that discusses her childhood, schooling, role in the civil rights movement, family life, and other related topics.
Explores Parks's childhood experiences with racism as well as her lifetime of work in the struggle for equality to present a fully realized portrait of a woman who was much more than a timid seamstress who had had enough.
"When Rosa Parks was a young girl, she had to walk to school. Only white children were allowed to ride the bus. When Rosa grew up, she was told to give up her bus seat to a white person. She decided the time had come to stand up for fairness by staying seated. What happened next changed America."--Back cover.
Biography of the woman who, in December of 1955, refused to relinquish her seat to a white man, which ultimately led to a landmark Supreme Court decision.
A biography of the African American woman and civil rights worker whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to a boycott which lasted more than a year in Montgomery, Alabama.
