Rosa Parks
Civil Rights Leader
Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, [2005]
Format: Book
Edition: Legacy edition.
Description: vii, 118 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
A biography of the black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, led to a bus boycott that helped galvanize the civil rights movement.
Series: Black Americans of achievement.
Contents:
The straw that broke the camel's back -- No ordinary little girl -- Getting involved -- The new order -- The movement organizes -- I was not alone -- Montgomery is on trial -- Carrying on the fight -- Work to do.
Subjects:
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Juvenile literature.
Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Juvenile literature.
Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
0791081648
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Parks, Rosa | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-106) and index.