"​The Unlikely World of the Montgom ery Bus Boycott" analyzes the global influences and impact of the 1955-56 mass protest that many historians peg as the start of the twentieth-centur y civil rights movement. Author Cole S. Manley moves beyond the borders of Alabama\, and even beyond the U.S.\, to investigate how Black Montgomery boycotters thought about their movement alongside global freedom struggles \, from the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa to the anti-color bar battles in the United Kingdom. With each day of the year-long boycott\, ne ws of the movement traveled farther\, reaching White pacifists in New York \, Black internationalists in London\, and\, not long thereafter\, anti-ap artheid leaders in South Africa. Manley's book calls for a new reading of the civil rights movement\, one which can encompass the expansive thinking and radical dreams of leaders like Rosa Parks\, Martin Luther King Jr.\, and Jo Ann Robinson. The Montgomery boycott was much more than a battle ov er fair bus seating. It remains an example of the power of protest and sol idarity which still inspires struggles for racial and economic justice.
\nCole Manley is a PhD student in the History Department at the Univer sity of California\, Davis\, where he studies 19th and 20th century United States history. Manley completed his BA in History at Stanford University \, where he worked as a research assistant at the Martin Luther King Jr. R esearch and Education Institute. At the King Institute\, he helped develop an online course on Dr. King&rsquo\;s inner life and global vision. Manle y&rsquo\;s research on the global consciousness of Dr. King led to a Maste r&rsquo\;s thesis that became the basis for The Unlikely World of the Mont gomery Bus Boycott. He completed his Master&rsquo\;s in International and World History in a dual-degree program at Columbia University and the Lond on School of Economics and Political Science. Born in San Francisco\, Manl ey traces his deep interest in the history of social movements to his upbr inging in a family of teachers\, and to parents who took him to protests f rom a very young age. When not reading or writing\, Manley enjoys walking his dog and running on the roads and trails of northern California.
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