[African-Americana] King, Martin Luther, Jr. Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery StoryAn Important Association Copy of Martin Luther King's, Jr.'s Memoir of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Inscribed to Early Organizers of the Boycott, Alfonso and Lucy B. CampbellNew York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, (1958). First edition. 8vo. 230 pp. Association copy, inscribed and signed by Martin Luther King, Jr., to Alfonso L. Campbell, Sr., and his wife, Lucy B. Campbell, participants and among the early organizers of the Montgomery Bus Boycott: "To:/Mr. & Mrs. A.L. Campbell/With best wishes/and warm Personal/Regards/Martin L. King Jr." Illustrated with photographic s. Original quarter black cloth over blue cloth-covered boards, stamped in silver, wear to corners and spine ends, light wear along extremities; all edges trimmed; in supplied contemporary price-clipped dust-jacket, and with original tattered dust-jacket; initialed by Lucy Campbell along each edge ("LBC"); gutter worn at recto of rear free endpaper; with Lucy Campbell's illustrated book-plate on front paste-down, and signed and addressed by her on same.An important association copy of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, first book, inscribed by him to Alfonso L. Campbell and his wife, Lucy B. Campbell, prominent members of the Montgomery, Alabama African Americanmunity and among the early organizers of the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-56.When the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) was formed on December 5, 1955, Alfonso Campbell was selected, alongside his close friend Rufus Lewis, to co-chair the MIA's Transportationmittee. Themittee played a critical role in the boycott's ultimate success by creating a vast carpool and taxi network in Montgomery (called "rolling churches") to sustain the protest by circumventing the city's bus system. Alfonso, Lewis, and their numerous volunteers, devised a network of over 40 pick-up and drop-off stations that shuttled virtually all 50,000 of the city's Black residents (more than one-third of the city's entire population) to and from their jobs, churches, schools, and everyday affairs, during the 13-month-long protest. With over a decade of experience as Supervisor of Transportation at Alabama State, Alfonso was instrumental in helping maintain the efficient operation of thisplex transportation system, and helped map routes and secure automobiles, fuel, and maintenance, all in the face of harassment and violence from the city's police force (in one instance he was given six tickets in a two-hour period for transporting protesters) and local white population, and at great personal risk to his job at Alabama State. Concurrent with this role, Alfonso also served as chair of the MIA's Purchasingmittee, and through his connections as a part-time car salesman he successfully purchased over a dozen automobiles used in the MIA's carpool system, a noteworthy feat when dealers routinely refused to do business with boycott suppo