Freedom Rides: Journey for Justice
- ISBN-10
- 0940975947
- ISBN-13
- 9780940975941
- Category
- African Americans
- Pages
- 88
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-03-14
- Publisher
- Sankofa Books
- Author
- James Haskins
Description
In this fascinating book, Haskins chronicles the struggle to overturn the laws of segregation that dealt with transportation: from Morgan vs. Commonwealth of Virginia to the Freedom Rides. These rides captured the attention of the nation and the world. By the end of the Freedom Rides, important federal laws were in place that ended legal segregation.
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