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Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Leader
Hull, Mary; Blakely, Gloria; Gelfand, Dale Evva
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Description for Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Leader
library. A biography of Rosa Parks, which celebrates the legacy of the woman known as the "mother of the civil rights movement." It features color photographs, as well as "Did You Know?" fact boxes and a selection of quotes from Parks. Series: Black Americans of Achievement - Legacy Edition S. Num Pages: 122 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YQH; YXZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 12. Weight in Grams: 413.
This is the fascinating story of a woman's defiance and the movement it inspired.On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks transitioned from seamstress and secretary to an American civil rights icon by refusing to give up her seat on a bus. Her quiet act of defiance sparked the bus boycotts in Montgomery, Alabama, which launched the career of Martin Luther King Jr. and demonstrated the effectiveness of unified peaceful protests. Parks remained a prominent activist as the civil rights movement progressed, traveling around the country to speak at various events and eventually founding the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development. ... Read more
This is the fascinating story of a woman's defiance and the movement it inspired.On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks transitioned from seamstress and secretary to an American civil rights icon by refusing to give up her seat on a bus. Her quiet act of defiance sparked the bus boycotts in Montgomery, Alabama, which launched the career of Martin Luther King Jr. and demonstrated the effectiveness of unified peaceful protests. Parks remained a prominent activist as the civil rights movement progressed, traveling around the country to speak at various events and eventually founding the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers United States
Number of pages
122
Condition
New
Series
Black Americans of Achievement - Legacy Edition S.
Number of Pages
122
Place of Publication
Broomall, United States
ISBN
9780791095232
SKU
V9780791095232
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About Hull, Mary; Blakely, Gloria; Gelfand, Dale Evva
Mary Hull attended Brown University and has a special interest in black and women's history. She is a native of Pomfret, Connecticut. Gloria Blakely graduated from the Howard University honors program and is a member of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists in Philadelphia, where she currently resides. Dale Evva Gelfand has been a writer and freelance editor for some ... Read more
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