Belle the Last Mule at Gee's Bend
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Bette Stroud Illustrated by John Holyfield
Published by Candlewick: This delightfully written and easily understood illustrated story for young readers is a about Civil Rights.
A tell of the time when Dr. Martin Luther King's visit to a small town affected everyone, and how mules were used to transport loads of people in order for them to have the chance to hear Dr. King speak.
And then later on after Dr. King was assassinated, the mules again were involved in carrying Dr. King's casket to his resting place thus the animals earned the town's respect.
A must read.
