{"product_id":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eNew York Public Library\u003ci\u003e • \u003c\/i\u003eChicago Public Library \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356447330476,"sku":"9781524720643","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/23799733482730.jpg?v=1781638541","url":"https:\/\/giftshop.carlemuseum.org\/products\/9781524720643","provider":"The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}