The Children Coming On: A Retrospective of the Montgomery Bus Boycott- And the Oral Histories of Boycott Participants

by Fred D. Gray, Frank Sikora, J. Mills Thornton III

On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. The Children Coming A Retrospective of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, draws on oral histories of the participants, court documents, and news clippings to give a fascinating overview of how history was made. The Children Coming On paints a remarkable profile of courage and conviction in the voices of those who fought to change the system.

256 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1998