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Who was Rosa Parks?  Cover Image Book Book

Who was Rosa Parks? / by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi. --

McDonough, Yona Zeldis. (Author). Marchesi, Stephen. (Added Author).

Summary:

In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement."

Record details

  • ISBN: 0448454424 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780448454429 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 106 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm. --
  • Publisher: New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 106).
Target Audience Note:
"RL: 3.2"--P. [4] of cover.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 7.99
Subject: Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 > Juvenile literature.
African American women > Alabama > Montgomery > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Alabama > Montgomery > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers > Alabama > Montgomery > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > Montgomery > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Segregation in transportation > Alabama > Montgomery > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) > Biography > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Cookstown Branch J 323.092 Parks -M 31681020075438 JNONFIC Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement."
  • Baker & Taylor
    In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, a seemingly small act that triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." Original.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Profiles the African American woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to a bus boycott.
  • Penguin Putnam
    In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." This biography has black-and-white illustrations throughout.

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