Includes a note from the author and a list of resources. The award-winning team of Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney has created a rhythmic, informative picture book that focuses on the people who walked and walked and walked and never gave up.

Brian Pinkney embraces a new artistic style. The Montgomery bus boycott finally ended when the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on public transportation was unconstitutional. Andrea Davis Pinkney uses poetic, powerful prose to tell the story of these four young men, who followed Dr Martin Luther King Jr.s words of peaceful protest and dared to sit at the whites only Woolworths lunch counter. Some started taxis, some rode bikes, but they all walked and walked. In the days that followed-382 days to be exact-many people decided they'd rather walk than take city transportation. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, and the Montgomery bus boycott began. Illustrated by: Lou Fancher, Steve Johnson. Brian Pinkney embraces a new artistic style, creating expressive paintings filled with emotion that mirror the. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words of peaceful protest and dared to sit at the whites only Woolworth’s lunch counter. An essential read-aloud for librarians, teachers, and parents. A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day. Andrea Davis Pinkney uses poetic, powerful prose to tell the story of these four young men, who followed Dr. ' Great for reading aloud.'- Booklist ( starred review)īestselling and multiple Coretta Scott King- and Caldecott-winners Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney present a poignant, blues-infused tribute to the men and women of the Montgomery bus boycott, who refused to give up until they received justice.

'Uplifting and memorable.'- School Library Journal (starred review)

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