Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus: A Daughter's Civil Rights JourneyTest Ride on the Sunnyland Bus chronicles the story of an American family against the backdrop of one of the civil rights movement's 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 together-three blacks and three whites-get 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. |
Contents
A Highly Personal T hing | 79 |
Fiftieth Anniversary | 187 |
15 Every Single Day | 189 |
16 Tarpon Springs | 209 |
17 Not Forgotten | 220 |
18 Heroes and Sheroes | 236 |
19 Always Go Forward | 252 |
No Big Deal | 262 |
Acknowledgments | 269 |
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Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus: A Daughter's Civil Rights Journey Ana Maria Spagna No preview available - 2010 |
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