Who was Rosa Parks?
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Who was Rosa Parks?
AUTHOR:
McDonough, Yona Zeldis
Marchesi, Stephen
ISBN:
9780448454429
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 2010
PHYSICAL_DESC:
106 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
SERIES:
Who was ... ?
SERIES_TITLE:
Who was ... ?
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references
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.
ABSTRACT:
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."
SUBJECT_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| 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 |
| African American women -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography |
| African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography |
| Civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography |
| African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century |
| Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956 |
| Race relations |
| Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature |
| Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature |
BIBSUMMARY:
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."