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They were black and white, young and old, men and women. In the spring and summer of 1961, they put their lives on the line, riding buses through the American South to challenge segregation in interstate transport. Their story is one of the most celebrated episodes of the civil rights... read more

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WHEN IRENE MORGAN BOARDED A GREYHOUND BUS in Hayes Store, Virginia, on July 16, 1944, she had no inkling of what was about to happen-no idea that her trip to Baltimore would alter the course of American history.

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This book is in Pivotal Moments in American History. (publisher series)

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  1. Raymond Arsenault (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0195136748
Page Count: 704

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