Who was Rosa Parks? / by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.
Who was Rosa Parks? / by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.
Alternate Title
:
Rosa Parks
By
:
McDonough, Yona Zeldis.
Publication Date
:
2013, 2010
Publication Information
:
New York : Scholastic,
Physical Description
:
106 p. : ill., map.
Subject Term
:
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Geographic Term
:
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
Series
:
WHO WAS...
WHO WAS...?
Additional Contributors
:
Marchesi, Stephen.
Bibliography Note
:
Includes bibliographical references.
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."
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780545640367
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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| Carbonear (ACR) | Juv Bio | Juvenile Biography | B PAR | Checked In |
| Conception Bay South (ACS) | Juv Bio | Juvenile Biography | B PAR | Checked In |
| Mount Pearl (AMP) R. King | Juv Bio | Juvenile Biography | B PAR | Checked In |