Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

By Russell Freedman

Reading Level: Late Elementary School, Middle School
Genre: Non Fiction
Publisher: Holiday House 2008

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Author Russel Freedman draws on the best of the personal stories and historical accounts of the leaders and ordinary heroes of the Montgomery Bus Boycott to provide a dramatic overview of the how the 381-day resistance to segregated buses spearheaded the civil rights movement.

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Caldecott Medal

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Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award

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