Daybreak of Freedom: The Montgomery Bus Boycott (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807846612)

The Montgomery bus boycott was a formative moment in twentieth-century history: a harbinger of the African American freedom movement, a springboard for the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr., and a crucial step in the struggle to realize the American dream of liberty and equality for all. In Daybreak of Freedom, Stewart Burns presents a groundbreaking documentary history of the boycott. Using an extraordinary array of more than one hundred original documents, he crafts a compelling and comprehensive account of this celebrated year-long protest of racial segregation.

Daybreak of Freedom reverberates with the voices of those closest to the bus boycott, ranging from King and his inner circle, to Jo Ann Robinson and other women leaders who started the protest, to the maids, cooks, and other 'foot soldiers' who carried out the struggle. With a deft narrative hand and editorial touch, Burns weaves their testimony into a riveting story that shows how events in Montgomery pushed the entire nation to keep faith with its stated principles.

Author: Stewart Burns
ISBN-10: 0807846619
ISBN-13: 9780807846612
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 10/20/1997
Pages: 392
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.17h x 6.28w x 0.85d