This detailed (100 pages) account of the Montgomery Bus Boycott gives a vivid and fascinating picture of a crucial period in the Civil Rights Movement. It explains the actions of individuals such as Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin, and the role of leaders such as Martin Luther King. The weath of period photographs have a direct impact on the reader, conveying in poignant detail the involvement of the mass of ordinary people in the protests and boycotts that opposed segregation and discriminatory laws.