LEADER 00000pam 2200385 i 4500 003 DLC 005 20210427113939.7 008 201028s2021 nyua b 001 0aeng 010 2020048562 020 9781250274199|q(hardcover) 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dNjBwBT|dIMmBT|dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 082 00 323.092|aB|223 092 BIO|bPERSON 100 1 Person, Charles,|eauthor. 245 10 Buses are a comin' :|bmemoir of a freedom rider /|cCharles Person, with Richard Rooker. 246 3 Buses are coming 250 First edition. 264 1 New York :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c2021. 300 x, 294 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index. 520 "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--including future Congressman John Lewis, Congress of Racial Equality Director James Farmer, Reverend Benjamin Elton Cox, journalist and pacifist James Peck, and CORE field secretary Genevieve Hughes--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. Buses Are a Comin' 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. It is also a challenge from a teenager of a previous era to the young people of today: become agents of transformation. Stand firm. Create a more just and moral country where students have a voice, youth can make a difference, and everyone belongs"--|cProvided by publisher. 600 10 Person, Charles. 650 0 Freedom Rides, 1961. 650 0 African American civil rights workers|vBiography. 650 0 African Americans|xCivil rights|xHistory. 650 0 Segregation|zUnited States. 655 7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 700 1 Rooker, Richard,|eauthor.
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