Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
An inspiring picture-book biography about the woman whose cooking helped feed and fund the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956, from an award-winning illustrator.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY New York Public Library • Chicago Public Library
Georgia Gilmore was cooking when she heard the news Mrs. Rosa Parks had been arrestedpulled off a city bus and thrown in jail all because she wouldn't let a white man take her seat. To protest, the radio urged everyone to stay off city buses for one day: December 5, 1955. Throughout the boycottat Holt Street Baptist Church meetings led by a young minister named Martin Luther King, Jr.and throughout the struggle for justice, Georgia served up her mouth-watering fried chicken, her spicy collard greens, and her sweet potato pie, eventually selling them to raise money to help the cause.
Here is the vibrant true story of a hidden figure of the civil rights movement, told in flavorful language by a picture-book master, and stunningly illustrated by a Caldecott Honor recipient and seven-time Coretta Scott King award-winning artist.
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY New York Public Library • Chicago Public Library
Georgia Gilmore was cooking when she heard the news Mrs. Rosa Parks had been arrestedpulled off a city bus and thrown in jail all because she wouldn't let a white man take her seat. To protest, the radio urged everyone to stay off city buses for one day: December 5, 1955. Throughout the boycottat Holt Street Baptist Church meetings led by a young minister named Martin Luther King, Jr.and throughout the struggle for justice, Georgia served up her mouth-watering fried chicken, her spicy collard greens, and her sweet potato pie, eventually selling them to raise money to help the cause.
Here is the vibrant true story of a hidden figure of the civil rights movement, told in flavorful language by a picture-book master, and stunningly illustrated by a Caldecott Honor recipient and seven-time Coretta Scott King award-winning artist.
Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
An inspiring picture-book biography about the woman whose cooking helped feed and fund the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956, from an award-winning illustrator.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY New York Public Library • Chicago Public Library
Georgia Gilmore was cooking when she heard the news Mrs. Rosa Parks had been arrestedpulled off a city bus and thrown in jail all because she wouldn't let a white man take her seat. To protest, the radio urged everyone to stay off city buses for one day: December 5, 1955. Throughout the boycottat Holt Street Baptist Church meetings led by a young minister named Martin Luther King, Jr.and throughout the struggle for justice, Georgia served up her mouth-watering fried chicken, her spicy collard greens, and her sweet potato pie, eventually selling them to raise money to help the cause.
Here is the vibrant true story of a hidden figure of the civil rights movement, told in flavorful language by a picture-book master, and stunningly illustrated by a Caldecott Honor recipient and seven-time Coretta Scott King award-winning artist.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY New York Public Library • Chicago Public Library
Georgia Gilmore was cooking when she heard the news Mrs. Rosa Parks had been arrestedpulled off a city bus and thrown in jail all because she wouldn't let a white man take her seat. To protest, the radio urged everyone to stay off city buses for one day: December 5, 1955. Throughout the boycottat Holt Street Baptist Church meetings led by a young minister named Martin Luther King, Jr.and throughout the struggle for justice, Georgia served up her mouth-watering fried chicken, her spicy collard greens, and her sweet potato pie, eventually selling them to raise money to help the cause.
Here is the vibrant true story of a hidden figure of the civil rights movement, told in flavorful language by a picture-book master, and stunningly illustrated by a Caldecott Honor recipient and seven-time Coretta Scott King award-winning artist.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781524720643 |
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Publisher: | Random House Children's Books |
Publication date: | 01/11/2022 |
Pages: | 40 |
Sales rank: | 618,750 |
Product dimensions: | 9.30(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.40(d) |
Lexile: | AD840L (what's this?) |
Age Range: | 4 - 8 Years |
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