{"product_id":"daybreak-of-freedom-stewart-burns-9780807846612","title":"Daybreak of Freedom: The Montgomery Bus Boycott","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eDaybreak of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaybreak of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stewart Burns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807846619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807846612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.17h x 6.28w x 0.85d","brand":"Stewart Burns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130135900415,"sku":"9780807846612","price":47.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09df58af-0a86-4838-b662-58c4422fa429.jpg?v=1687467760","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/daybreak-of-freedom-stewart-burns-9780807846612","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}