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Author:
McDonough, Yona Zeldis.
Title:
Who was Rosa Parks? / by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.
Publisher:
Grosset & Dunlap
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
106 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Subject:
Parks, Rosa--1913-2005--Juvenile literature.
Parks, Rosa--1913-2005.
Segregation in transportation--Montgomery--Montgomery--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Segregation in transportation--Montgomery--Montgomery--History--20th century.
Race relations.
Civil rights workers--Montgomery--Montgomery--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers--Montgomery--Montgomery--Biography.
African American women--Montgomery--Montgomery--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women--Montgomery--Montgomery--Biography.
African Americans--Montgomery--Montgomery--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--Montgomery--Montgomery--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Montgomery--Montgomery--Biography.
African Americans--History--Montgomery--Montgomery--History--20th century.
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956.
Montgomery (Ala)--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala)--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 106).
Contents:
Who was Rosa Parks? -- Down on the farm -- City lights -- Life with Raymond -- The call to action -- Back of the bus -- A visit to Highlander -- A new day -- "No riders today!" -- Moving ahead.
Summary:
In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.".
Series:
Who was
Who was-- ?
ISBN:
0545640369
9780545640367
Locations:
SVPC124 -- Clarksville Public Library (Clarksville)
WPPB215 -- Everly Public Library (Everly)
ELPC715 -- Paullina Public Library (Paullina)

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