Who was Rosa Parks?

Yona Zeldis McDonough Stephen Marchesi First published 2010

About this book

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."

Subjects

african americans
african americans, alabama, montgomery
african americans, biography
african americans, biography, juvenile literature
african american women
afronorteamericanos
alabama, juvenile literature
biografia
biografía
biography
civil rights
civil rights workers
civil rights workers, juvenile literature
derechos civiles
historia
history
juvenile literature
literatura juvenil
montgomery (ala.), race relations
montgomery bus boycott, montgomery, ala., 1955-1956
parks, rosa, 1913-2005
parks, rosa, 1913-2005, juvenile literature
race relations
relaciones raciales
segregación en el transporte
segregation in transportation
women