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Author:

DeGezelle, Terri, 1955-

Title:

Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement / [Terri DeGezelle].

Publisher:

Heinemann Library,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Parks, Rosa,--1913-2005--Juvenile literature.
African American women--Montgomery--Montgomery--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Montgomery--Montgomery--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers--Montgomery--Montgomery--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--Montgomery--Montgomery--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Segregation in transportation--Montgomery--Montgomery--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Parks, Rosa,--1913-2005.
Civil rights workers.
African Americans--History.--History.
African Americans--Biography.
Women--Biography.
Segregation in transportation--History.
Civil rights movements.
Parks, Rosa,--1913-2005.
Civil rights workers--Biography.
African Americans--History.--History.
African Americans--Biography.
Women--Biography.
Segregation in transportation--History.
Civil rights movements.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 30) and index.

Contents:

Meet Rosa Parks -- Civil rights -- Separate but equal? -- Separate schools for children -- The bus boycott -- Leading the people -- Some don't want change -- A sit-in -- Freedom riders -- Gathering in Washington, D.C. -- The Civil Rights Act -- Equal rights for Americans -- If you grew up long ago -- Timeline.

Summary:

A brief history of the civil rights movement in America, Rosa Parks' role in helping to abolish segregation on busses, the March on Washington, Freedom Riders, and civil rights laws.

Series:

Life in the time of
Heinemann first library

ISBN:

9781403496799
140349679X
140349679X (pb)
9781403496799 (pb)
1403496714 (hc)
9781403496713 (hc)

LCCN:

2006102470

Locations:

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

SYPB124 -- Elizabeth Rasmussen Martin Memorial Lib. (New Hartford)