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Stride toward freedom

the Montgomery story

by Martin Luther King Jr. · 1958

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Popularity 25

Chronicles the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott sparked by Mrs. Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat to a white male, describing the plans and problems of a nonviolent campaign, reprisals by the white community, and the eventual attainment of desegrated city bus service.

Segregation in transportationRace relationsAfrican AmericansHistoryCivil rightsAfro-AmericansMontgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956Civil rights movementsAlabama MontgomeryRace questionBlacksUmschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer