Buses are a comin' : memoir of a freedom rider
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Arcanum Library - Nonfiction | 323.092 PER 5/21 | Available |
Marvin Memorial Library - Non-Fiction | 323.092 PERS | Available |
Wilmington Clinton-Massie Library - Nonfiction | B Person | Available |
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Book
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x, 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index.
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"A firsthand exploration of the cost of boarding the bus of change to move America forward--written by one of the Civil Rights Movement's pioneers. At 18, Charles Person was the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, key figures in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement who left Washington, D.C. by bus in 1961, headed for New Orleans. This purposeful mix of black and white, male and female activists set out to discover whether America would abide by a Supreme Court decision that ruled segregation unconstitutional in bus depots, waiting areas, restaurants, and restrooms nationwide. The Freedom Riders found their answer. No. Southern states would continue to disregard federal law and use violence to enforce racial segregation. One bus was burned to a shell; the second, which Charles rode, was set upon by a mob that beat the Riders nearly to death. This book provides a front-row view of the struggle to belong in America, as Charles leads his colleagues off the bus, into the station, into the mob, and into history to help defeat segregation's violent grip on African American lives." --,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Person, C., & Rooker, R. Buses are a comin': memoir of a freedom rider (First edition.).
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Person, Charles and Richard, Rooker. Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Person, Charles and Richard, Rooker. Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider .
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Person, Charles,, and Richard Rooker. Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider First edition.,
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