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Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus - A Daughter''s Civil Rights Journey

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor Ana Maria Spagna is the author of Now Go Home: Wilderness, Belonging, and the Crosscut Saw, which was named a Best Book of 2004 by the Seattle Times. Her work has appeared widely in publications such as Orion, Utne Reader, and North American Review. She lives and writes in Stehekin, Washington. Klappentext Ana Maria Spagna is the author of Now Go Home: Wilderness! Belonging! and the Crosscut Saw! which was named a Best Book of 2004 by the Seattle Times. Her work has appeared widely in publications such as Orion! Utne Reader! and North American Review. She lives and writes in Stehekin! Washington. Zusammenfassung In 1957! Joseph Spagna and five other men waited to board a bus called the Sunnyland. Their plan was: ride the bus together - three blacks and three whites - get arrested and take their case to the US Supreme Court. This book chronicles the story of an American family against the backdrop of one of the civil rights movement's lesser-known stories. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 - I Think I Can Serve1 - In Front of Speed's   2 - Never Go Back    3 - The Tallahassee Bus Boycott  4 - The Acquaintance of Grief  5 - The Forgotten Coast   6 - Something More     Part 2 - A Highly Personal Thing7 - Handwriting      8 - Herndon      9 - The Cloven Hoof    10 - City of Hope    11 - Folsom      12 - Community Care    13 - A Real Difference   14 - Orchard Burning     Part 3 - Fiftieth Anniversary15 - Every. Single. Day.   16 - Tarpon Springs    17 - Not Forgotten    18 - Heroes and Sheroes   19 - Always Go Forward   Epilogue - No Big Deal      Acknowledgments

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Authors Ana Maria Spagna
Publisher University of Nebraska Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.04.2010
 
EAN 9780803217126
ISBN 978-0-8032-1712-6
No. of pages 277
Series River Teeth Literary Nonfictio
River Teeth Literary Nonfictio
River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies

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