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4) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Rosa Parks grew up during segregation in Alabama, but she was taught to respect herself and stand up for her rights. In 1955, Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Her decision had a huge impact on civil rights, eventually leading to the end of segregation on public transport. Rosa was described as "the mother of the freedom movement". This inspiring story of Rosa's life is moving,...
7) Rosa
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery, Alabama city bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man, an act that ignited a movement that changed modern history.
Author
Language
English
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Description
An inspiring picture-book biography about the woman whose cooking helped feed and fund the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956, from an award-winning illustrator. Georgia Gilmore was cooking when she heard the news Mrs. Rosa Parks had been arrested--pulled off a city bus and thrown in jail all because she wouldn't let a white man take her seat. To protest, the radio urged everyone to stay off city buses for one day: December 5, 1955. Throughout the boycott--at...
9) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A simple introduction to the life of the woman whose actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in the early days of the civil rights movement.
11) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Rosa Parks in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills.
12) I am Rosa Parks
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
The black woman whose acts of civil disobedience led to the 1956 Supreme Court order to desegregate buses in Montgomery, Alabama, explains what she did and why.
14) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and accomplishments of Rosa Parks, as well as her impact on the civil rights movement.
16) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In 1955, Rosa Parks bravely refused to obey a bus driver who ordered her to give up her seat because she was black. While she is best known for this action that sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Parks had actually been involved in civil rights work for years. This book puts Parks' courageous stance on the bus into the context of her lifelong belief in equality. Readers learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott in detail, review her life's most important...
17) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A biography of a woman whose actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in the early days of the civil rights movement.
20) Claudette Colvin
Author
Series
Publisher
Discover Roo!, an imprint of Pop!, a division of Abdo
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Get to know the life and legacy of Claudette Colvin. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text give early readers an engaging and age-appropriate look at her often-overlooked role in the Civil Rights Movement." --
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