Walking to the Bus-rider Blues is a fictionalized account of the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott through the yes of Alfa, a twelve-year-old African American boy. Living in poverty with his sister and grandmother, he works in a grocery store while facing "the System", institutional racism, in all aspects of his life. Throughout the story he maintains his belief in nonviolence as a force for change and keeps his eyes on the prize - getting an education as the way to lift his family out of poverty. Honor Book, Older Children, 2001.
Era: Access to educationAges 9 to 12Approaching life with self-confidence and strengthAward Year 2000Breaking cycles of fearEra Mid 1900’sHistory of Africans in the USIdentity African AmericanImpacts of PovertyNon-violent activismOvercoming prejudiceRacism in the USSolving problems courageously and non-violentlyThinking creatively and humanely about injustice and conflict past or present real or fictionalizedUS Civil Rights MovementYoung people as activistsYoung people's participation in creative solutions to the problems of war social injustice racism sexism homophobia ageism and/or concerns of the physically challenged
Key Character Identities: Access to educationAges 9 to 12Approaching life with self-confidence and strengthAward Year 2000Breaking cycles of fearEra Mid 1900’sHistory of Africans in the USIdentity African AmericanImpacts of PovertyNon-violent activismOvercoming prejudiceRacism in the USSolving problems courageously and non-violentlyThinking creatively and humanely about injustice and conflict past or present real or fictionalizedUS Civil Rights MovementYoung people as activistsYoung people's participation in creative solutions to the problems of war social injustice racism sexism homophobia ageism and/or concerns of the physically challenged
Historical Characters: Access to educationAges 9 to 12Approaching life with self-confidence and strengthAward Year 2000Breaking cycles of fearEra Mid 1900’sHistory of Africans in the USIdentity African AmericanImpacts of PovertyNon-violent activismOvercoming prejudiceRacism in the USSolving problems courageously and non-violentlyThinking creatively and humanely about injustice and conflict past or present real or fictionalizedUS Civil Rights MovementYoung people as activistsYoung people's participation in creative solutions to the problems of war social injustice racism sexism homophobia ageism and/or concerns of the physically challenged
Social Justice Issues: Access to educationAges 9 to 12Approaching life with self-confidence and strengthAward Year 2000Breaking cycles of fearEra Mid 1900’sHistory of Africans in the USIdentity African AmericanImpacts of PovertyNon-violent activismOvercoming prejudiceRacism in the USSolving problems courageously and non-violentlyThinking creatively and humanely about injustice and conflict past or present real or fictionalizedUS Civil Rights MovementYoung people as activistsYoung people's participation in creative solutions to the problems of war social injustice racism sexism homophobia ageism and/or concerns of the physically challenged
Themes: Access to educationAges 9 to 12Approaching life with self-confidence and strengthAward Year 2000Breaking cycles of fearEra Mid 1900’sHistory of Africans in the USIdentity African AmericanImpacts of PovertyNon-violent activismOvercoming prejudiceRacism in the USSolving problems courageously and non-violentlyThinking creatively and humanely about injustice and conflict past or present real or fictionalizedUS Civil Rights MovementYoung people as activistsYoung people's participation in creative solutions to the problems of war social injustice racism sexism homophobia ageism and/or concerns of the physically challenged
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