Walking To The Bus Rider Blues
Robinet, Harriette Gillem
ISBN 10: 0689831919 ISBN 13: 9780689831911
Published by Atheneum, 2000
Used
Hardcover
From
More Than Words, Waltham, MA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since November 30, 2010
This specific item is no longer available.
About this Item
Description:
. GoodFormer Library book. All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Before placing your order for please contact us for confirmation on the book's binding. Check out our other listings to add to your order for discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # WAL-T-1b-02011
Synopsis:
Alfa knows that the only way to make any real change happen for him and his family is to follow the lead of Martin Luther King, Jr. and boycott the bus in an effort to non-violently protest the treatment he and his community face on a daily basis.
About the Author: Harriette Gillem Robinet was born and raised in Washington, D.C., graduated from the College of New Rochelle in New Rochelle, New York, and completed graduate studies in microbiology at Catholic University, Washington, D.C.
As part of her research, she visited Montgomery, Alabama, in the same week of June that this story occurs, but forty-one years later. The natural beauty of Montgomery -- the Alabama River, magnolia and crepe myrtle trees, holly bushes, rolling hills -- impressed her. The warm friendliness of people touched her heart. Montgomery was a grand setting for the first steps in the glorious civil rights struggle.
She and her husband, McLouis Robinet, live in Oak Park, Illinois, and have six adult children and four grandchildren.
She is the author of several books about young African-Americans in historical settings, including Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule, winner of the Scott O'Dell Award.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Bibliographic Details
Title: Walking To The Bus Rider Blues
Publisher: Atheneum
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good