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Author:
Johnson, Beth, 1956-
Title:
Rosa Parks and the bus to freedom / Beth Johnson.
Edition:
Simplified ed.
Publisher:
Townsend Press,
Copyright Date:
©2012
Description:
67 pages ; 18 cm.
Subject:
Parks, Rosa,--1913-2005.
Parks, Rosa,--1913-2005.
African American women--Montgomery--Montgomery--Biography.
African Americans--Montgomery--Montgomery--Biography.
Segregation in transportation--Montgomery--Montgomery--History--20th century.
Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations.
African American women.
African Americans.
Race relations.
Segregation in transportation.
Alabama--Montgomery.
1900-1999
ESL readers.
Biographies.
History.
Summary:
On a December day in 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. She was arrested, jailed, and tried for the crime of breaking the laws of segregation.
Series:
Townsend Library
ISBN:
1591942888
9781591942887
OCLC:
(OCoLC)826870623
Locations:
CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

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