Rosa Parks
New York : Gareth Stevens, 2012.
Format: Book
Edition: Ist edition.
Description: 24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
A brief biography of the woman whose years of working for civil rights led her to refuse to give up her seat to a white person, setting off the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and who became known as "the mother of the civil rights movement."
Series: Civil rights crusaders.
Contents:
Rights crusader -- Early life -- Marriage and a diploma -- NAACP secretary -- "Tired of giving in" -- The trial -- The Montgomery Bus Boycott -- Life in Detroit -- The crusade goes on.
Subjects:
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.
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.
Target Audience: NC800L
ISBN:
9781433956942 (library binding)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Parks, Rosa | St. Andrews Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Parks, Rosa | Southeast | Children's Biography | In |
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index.