| Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus: A Daughter's Civil Rights Journey Contributor(s): Spagna, Ana Maria (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803233922 ISBN-13: 9780803233928 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Other - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize |
| Physical Information: 286 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus chronicles the story of an American family against the backdrop of one of the civil rights movementOCOs lesser-known stories. In January 1957, Joseph Spagna and five other young men waited to board a city bus called the Sunnyland in Tallahassee, Florida. Their plan was simple but dangerous: ride the bus togetherOCothree blacks and three whitesOCoget arrested, and take their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Fifty years later Ana Maria Spagna sets off on a journey to understand what happened and why. |