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Who was Rosa Parks?

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."

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Main Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Grosset & Dunlap, Ã2010.
Series:Who was-- ?
Subjects:
Parks, Rosa, > 1913-2005 > Juvenile nonfiction.
African American women > Alabama > Montgomery > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
African Americans > Alabama > Montgomery > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Civil rights workers > Alabama > Montgomery > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > Montgomery > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction.
Segregation in transportation > Alabama > Montgomery > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction.
Montgomery (Ala.) > Race relations > Juvenile nonfiction.
Montgomery (Ala.) > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Biographies > Juvenile.
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Table of 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.

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