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Stride toward freedom : the Montgomery story / Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
- Series:
- King Legacy
- King Legacy ; v.1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956.
- Segregation in transportation--Alabama--Montgomery--History--20th century.
- Segregation in transportation.
- African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Montgomery--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights movements--Alabama--Montgomery--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations.
- Montgomery (Ala.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Beacon Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- MLK's classic account of the first successful large-scale act of nonviolent resistance in America: the Montgomery bus boycott. A young Dr. King wrote Stride Toward Freedom just 2 years after the successful completion of the boycott. In his memoir about the event, he tells the stories that informed his radical political thinking before, during, and after the boycott--from first witnessing economic injustice as a teenager and watching his parents experience discrimination to his decision to begin working with the NAACP. Throughout, he demonstrates how activism and leadership can come from any experience at any age. Comprehensive and intimate, Stride Toward Freedom emphasizes the collective nature of the movement and includes King's experiences learning from other activists working on the boycott, including Mrs. Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin. It traces the phenomenal journey of a community and shows how the 28-year-old Dr. King, with his conviction for equality and nonviolence, helped transform the nation and the world.
- 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?
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8070-0070-1
- OCLC:
- 610192372
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