I am Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks James Haskins Rosa Parks Wil Clay First published 1997

About this book

The black woman whose acts of civil disobedience led to the 1956 Supreme Court order to desegregate buses in Montgomery, Alabama, explains what she did and why.

Subjects

  • african americans
  • african americans, alabama, montgomery
  • african americans, biography
  • african americans, biography, juvenile literature
  • african americans, civil rights
  • afro-americans
  • biography
  • civil rights
  • civil rights, juvenile literature
  • civil rights workers
  • history
  • juvenile literature
  • montgomery (ala.), race relations
  • parks, rosa, 1913-2005
  • parks, rosa, 1913-2005, juvenile literature
  • race relations
  • segregation
  • segregation in transportation
  • women
  • women, united states, biography