Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It: The Memoir of Jo Ann Gibson Robinson

by Jo Ann Robinson

Paperback, 1987

Description

An autobiographical account of the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-56, focusing on the role of the Women's Political Council in the successful protest by African Americans against segregation in the city's public transportation system.

Status

Available

Call number

976.1

Genres

Academic: History

General Nonfiction

Biography & Memoir

Politics, Government, Law and Public Policy

Publication

Univ Tennessee Press (1987), 208 pages

Subjects

African Americans Alabama Montgomery Biography

African Americans Civil rights Alabama Montgomery

Montgomery (Ala.) Biography

Montgomery (Ala.) Race relations

Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson, 1912-

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Segregation in transportation Alabama Montgomery

Fewer

Language

English

Original language

English

ISBN

0870495275 / 9780870495274

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