Two copies of my latest book arrived the other day. It's everything I'd hoped for, and more. Colorful. Over-sized. The problem with books, though, is if they'll get noticed. I'm hopeful, as it's about the architect of the civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin. When I first saw Rustin's name in a footnote, I had no idea who he was. But the footnote indicated that he'd fought Jim Crow by refusing to surrender his bus seat a full ten years before Rosa Parks. That sparked my interest. Why was one acclaimed and the other forgotten? Further research led me to fact that Rustin was largely a behind-the-scenes worker--training a gun-toting MLK, Jr., in the finer points of nonviolence and organizing the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Although its catalog listing suggests it is for grades 3 and up, I think it's more appropriate to grades 5/6 and up.