KING (Martin Luther).
Stride Towards Freedom. The Montgomery Story.
With a foreword by Father Trevor Huddleston. First UK edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth, gilt title to spine, dust jacket. London, Victor Gollancz, 1959.
KING (Martin Luther).
Stride Towards Freedom. The Montgomery Story.
King's memoir on the Montgomery bus boycott, a key event in the American civil rights movement, which lasted from 5 December 1955 to 20 December 1956. The boycott led to the US Supreme Court declaring in Browder v. Gayle that segregation on public transportation was illegal.
A very good copy. Dust jacket toned at spine and edges, small tear to front cover repaired with sellotape. A few foxed spots to endpapers and fore edge.
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261276
