Explore a little-known story of the civil rights movement, in which
black and white citizens in one Alabama city worked together
nonviolently to end segregation.
Mention the civil rights era in Alabama, and most people recall images
of terrible violence. But something different was happening in
Huntsville. For the citizens of that city, creativity, courage, and
cooperation were the keys to working together to integrate their city
and schools in peace. In an engaging celebration of this lesser-known
chapter in American and African-American history, author Hester Bass and
illustrator E. B. Lewis show children how racial discrimination,
bullying, and unfairness can be faced successfully with perseverance and
ingenuity.