Buses Are a Comin' Reading Guide & Discussion Questions

Book Club Discussion Questions

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For supplemental discussion material see our Beyond the Book article, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and our BookBrowse Review of Buses Are a Comin'.

Please be aware that this discussion guide will contain spoilers!

1. As you read about the events in Charles's life as he was growing up that helped propel him to join the Freedom Ride, what events come to mind from your own life that have propelled you to action? Or might have but did not? Why?
2. What "bus" have you boarded in your life to make a stand on behalf of a principle?
   a. What was the principle?
   b. What did your stand look like?
   c. What was the outcome?
   
3. If you haven't boarded a "bus" of your own or engaged in a type of activism, would you like to? What would you like to do?

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