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Who was Rosa Parks? / by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.
Title:
Who was Rosa Parks? / by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.
ISBN:
9780448454429
Personal Author:
McDonough, Yona Zeldis
Publication Information:
New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [2010]

©2010
Physical Description:
106 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
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."
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 4.8 1 141838
Personal Subject:
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.
Geographic Term:
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations.

Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography.
Subject Term:
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.

Black women--Alabama--Montgomery -- Biography

Black people--Alabama--Montgomery -- Biography

Black people -- Civil rights--Alabama--Montgomery -- History 20th century
Genre:
Biographies
Audience:
700L Lexile
Series Title:
Who was-- ?
Series Sequence:
Who was-- ?
OCLC Number:
ocn477274017
Availability:
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