{"product_id":"sweet-justice-georgia-gilmore-and-the-montgomery-bus-boycott-9781524720643","title":"Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring picture-book biography about the woman whose cooking helped feed and fund the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956, from an award-winning illustrator.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeorgia Gilmore was cooking when she heard the news Mrs. Rosa Parks had been arrested--pulled 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 boycott--at 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mara Rockliff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Studio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.10h x 9.30w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781524720643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARA ROCKLIFF is the author of many lively historical books for children, including \u003ci\u003eMesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Cook Prize and an Orbis Pictus Honor Book. Her newest titles are \u003ci\u003eLights! Camera! Alice! The Thrilling True Adventures of the First Woman Filmmaker, \u003c\/i\u003e called Subtly STEM, fun, and beautiful to look at in a starred review from \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBorn to Swing: Lil Hardin Armstrong's Life in Jazz, \u003c\/i\u003e among other books. Visit her on the web at mararockliff.com or on Twitter @mararockliff. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eR. GREGORY CHRISTIE has illustrated more than fifty books for young adults and children, including \u003ci\u003eFreedom in Congo Square\u003c\/i\u003e by Carole Boston Weatherford, which was awarded a Caldecott Honor. His most recent work, \u003ci\u003eMemphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop\u003c\/i\u003e by Alice Faye Duncan, has received five starred reviews. He has also received two \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Book awards, three Coretta Scott King Honors for illustration, the NAACP's Image Award, the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/i\u003e Award, and the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. He currently operates his store of autographed children's books, GAS-ART Gifts, in Decatur, Georgia. Visit gas-art.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Studio","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39827228426355,"sku":"9781524720643","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_dc5eeafc-103c-4734-89ca-51e1aac058db.jpg?v=1644563051","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/sweet-justice-georgia-gilmore-and-the-montgomery-bus-boycott-9781524720643","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}